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Surface area — BRICS

Surface area in BRICS in 2023 — 43,465,575 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0.1%.

2023 43.47M km² +0% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 43.47M km²2020
Period minimum 43.44M km²2007

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — BRICS, 1961–202343.43M43.44M43.45M43.46M43.47M43.48M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 43,438,038 km²1963: 43,438,038 km²1965: 43,438,038 km²1967: 43,438,038 km²1969: 43,438,038 km²1971: 43,438,038 km²1973: 43,438,038 km²1975: 43,438,038 km²1977: 43,438,038 km²1979: 43,438,038 km²1981: 43,438,038 km²1983: 43,438,038 km²1985: 43,438,038 km²1987: 43,438,038 km²1989: 43,438,038 km²1991: 43,438,038 km²1993: 43,438,038 km²1995: 43,438,028 km²1997: 43,438,018 km²1999: 43,438,018 km²2001: 43,438,002 km²2003: 43,438,001 km²2005: 43,438,000 km²2007: 43,437,999 km²2009: 43,437,999 km²2011: 43,438,009 km²2013: 43,438,009 km²2015: 43,440,659 km²2017: 43,443,898 km²2019: 43,443,985 km²2021: 43,470,925 km²2023: 43,465,575 km²
Change over the period: +27,537 (+0.06%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2023

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

BRICS 43.47M km²
World 141M km²
Surface area — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 43.47M +0 +0%
2022 43.47M −5,350 −0.01%
2021 43.47M +0 +0%
2020 43.47M +26,940 +0.06%
2019 43.44M +45 +0%
2018 43.44M +42 +0%
2017 43.44M +3,240 +0.01%
2016 43.44M −1 −0%
2015 43.44M +2,649 +0.01%
2014 43.44M +1 +0%
2013 43.44M +0 +0%
2012 43.44M +0 +0%
2011 43.44M +0 +0%
2010 43.44M +10 +0%
2009 43.44M +0 +0%
2008 43.44M +0 +0%
2007 43.44M −1 −0%
2006 43.44M −0 −0%
2005 43.44M −1 −0%
2004 43.44M −0 −0%
2003 43.44M −1 −0%
2002 43.44M −1 −0%
2001 43.44M −6 −0%
2000 43.44M −10 −0%
1999 43.44M +0 +0%
1998 43.44M +0 +0%
1997 43.44M +0 +0%
1996 43.44M −10 −0%
1995 43.44M −10 −0%
1994 43.44M +0 +0%
1993 43.44M +0 +0%
1992 43.44M +0 +0%
1991 43.44M +0 +0%
1990 43.44M +0 +0%
1989 43.44M +0 +0%
1988 43.44M +0 +0%
1987 43.44M +0 +0%
1986 43.44M +0 +0%
1985 43.44M +0 +0%
1984 43.44M +0 +0%
1983 43.44M +0 +0%
1982 43.44M +0 +0%
1981 43.44M +0 +0%
1980 43.44M +0 +0%
1979 43.44M +0 +0%
1978 43.44M +0 +0%
1977 43.44M +0 +0%
1976 43.44M +0 +0%
1975 43.44M +0 +0%
1974 43.44M +0 +0%
1973 43.44M +0 +0%
1972 43.44M +0 +0%
1971 43.44M +0 +0%
1970 43.44M +0 +0%
1969 43.44M +0 +0%
1968 43.44M +0 +0%
1967 43.44M +0 +0%
1966 43.44M +0 +0%
1965 43.44M +0 +0%
1964 43.44M +0 +0%
1963 43.44M +0 +0%
1962 43.44M +0 +0%
1961 43.44M — —

About the indicator

Total surface area: land together with inland water bodies and, where applicable, coastal waters. This is the figure usually quoted as the area of a country in reference books and encyclopedias. It is the basis for the share of protected natural areas, because protected areas include marine waters, which land area leaves out.

Important: This is the “encyclopedic” area of a country. Land shares — forest, arable and agricultural land — are calculated against land area, not against this figure.

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

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