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Land area — Northern Europe

Land area in Northern Europe in 2023 — 2,107,100 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 12.6%.

2023 2.11M km² −0% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 2.11M km²2015
Period minimum 1.87M km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Land area — Northern Europe, 1961–20231.8M1.9M2M2.1M2.2M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 1,872,108 km²1963: 1,872,108 km²1965: 1,872,108 km²1967: 1,872,108 km²1969: 1,872,108 km²1971: 1,872,108 km²1973: 1,872,108 km²1975: 1,872,108 km²1977: 1,872,108 km²1979: 1,872,108 km²1981: 1,872,108 km²1983: 1,872,108 km²1985: 1,872,108 km²1987: 1,872,108 km²1989: 1,872,108 km²1991: 1,872,108 km²1993: 2,039,405 km²1995: 2,039,405 km²1997: 2,108,155 km²1999: 2,108,155 km²2001: 2,108,155 km²2003: 2,108,155 km²2005: 2,108,155 km²2007: 2,107,655 km²2009: 2,107,460 km²2011: 2,107,449 km²2013: 2,108,409 km²2015: 2,108,442 km²2017: 2,107,656 km²2019: 2,108,165 km²2021: 2,107,326 km²2023: 2,107,100 km²
Change over the period: +234,992 (+12.55%) Average annual rate: 0.19 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Europe

Northern Europe 2.11M km²
World 130M km²
Land area — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 2.11M −2 −0%
2022 2.11M −224 −0.01%
2021 2.11M −13 −0%
2020 2.11M −826 −0.04%
2019 2.11M −45 −0%
2018 2.11M +554 +0.03%
2017 2.11M −734 −0.03%
2016 2.11M −53 −0%
2015 2.11M +74 +0%
2014 2.11M −40 −0%
2013 2.11M +960 +0.05%
2012 2.11M +0 +0%
2011 2.11M −11 −0%
2010 2.11M +0 +0%
2009 2.11M +0 +0%
2008 2.11M −195 −0.01%
2007 2.11M −20 −0%
2006 2.11M −480 −0.02%
2005 2.11M +0 +0%
2004 2.11M +0 +0%
2003 2.11M +0 +0%
2002 2.11M +0 +0%
2001 2.11M +0 +0%
2000 2.11M +0 +0%
1999 2.11M +0 +0%
1998 2.11M +0 +0%
1997 2.11M +68,750 +3.37%
1996 2.04M +0 +0%
1995 2.04M +0 +0%
1994 2.04M +0 +0%
1993 2.04M +0 +0%
1992 2.04M +167,297 +8.94%
1991 1.87M +0 +0%
1990 1.87M +0 +0%
1989 1.87M +0 +0%
1988 1.87M +0 +0%
1987 1.87M +0 +0%
1986 1.87M +0 +0%
1985 1.87M +0 +0%
1984 1.87M +0 +0%
1983 1.87M +0 +0%
1982 1.87M +0 +0%
1981 1.87M +0 +0%
1980 1.87M +0 +0%
1979 1.87M +0 +0%
1978 1.87M +0 +0%
1977 1.87M +0 +0%
1976 1.87M +0 +0%
1975 1.87M +0 +0%
1974 1.87M +0 +0%
1973 1.87M +0 +0%
1972 1.87M +0 +0%
1971 1.87M +0 +0%
1970 1.87M +0 +0%
1969 1.87M +0 +0%
1968 1.87M +0 +0%
1967 1.87M +0 +0%
1966 1.87M +0 +0%
1965 1.87M +0 +0%
1964 1.87M +0 +0%
1963 1.87M +0 +0%
1962 1.87M +0 +0%
1961 1.87M — —

About the indicator

Land area: the entire territory of a country excluding inland water bodies, major rivers and coastal waters. This is the figure the World Bank uses to calculate the shares of forest, agricultural and arable land, so it is needed not only in itself but also as a denominator. It differs from surface area by the area of inland waters — for most countries the gap stays within a percent, but for Canada, Finland or Kazakhstan it is noticeable.

Important: Not to be confused with surface area, which includes inland waters. The indicator changes only when borders change, so the series is nearly constant.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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