Land area in World
The land area of the world was 129,763,686 km² in 2023.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2023
129,763,686
Change from 2022
0%
European Union, 2023
3,988,313 km²
Land area in World over time
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Square kilometres. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 129,763,686 km² | 3,988,313 km² |
| 2022 | 129,762,631 km² | 3,988,088 km² |
| 2021 | 129,799,508 km² | 3,988,185 km² |
| 2020 | 129,961,173 km² | 3,988,053 km² |
| 2019 | 129,949,120 km² | 3,988,044 km² |
| 2018 | 129,946,802 km² | 3,988,163 km² |
| 2017 | 129,943,980 km² | 3,987,969 km² |
| 2016 | 129,949,309 km² | 3,988,691 km² |
| 2015 | 129,936,952 km² | 3,988,298 km² |
| 2014 | 129,931,363 km² | 3,988,922 km² |
| 2013 | 129,933,831 km² | 3,988,174 km² |
| 2012 | 129,935,604 km² | 3,986,784 km² |
| 2011 | 127,435,590 km² | 3,986,634 km² |
| 2010 | 127,434,580 km² | 3,986,728 km² |
| 2009 | 127,432,203 km² | 3,985,437 km² |
| 2008 | 127,433,762 km² | 3,984,507 km² |
| 2007 | 127,449,643 km² | 3,985,066 km² |
| 2006 | 127,449,870 km² | 3,985,116 km² |
| 2005 | 127,350,082 km² | 3,985,776 km² |
| 2004 | 127,347,330 km² | 3,986,056 km² |
| 2003 | 127,200,488 km² | 3,986,016 km² |
| 2002 | 127,193,662 km² | 3,985,834 km² |
| 2001 | 127,195,859 km² | 3,987,024 km² |
| 2000 | 127,197,039 km² | 3,987,554 km² |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0% from 129,762,631 km² in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 129,933,831 km², the figure has changed by −0.1%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 3,988,313 km².
More for World
All statistics for World
Population density
62.1 people per km²
2023 · World Bank
Agricultural land
36.9%
2023 · World Bank
Healthy diet unaffordable
32.7%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
2.49e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
71.3e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
4.0%
2025 · World Bank