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Surface area — China

Surface area in China in 2023 — 9,562,910 km². Ranked 4 in the world out of 215. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0%.

2023 9.56M km² +0% vs 2022
World rank 4of 215
Period maximum 9.56M km²1961
Period minimum 9.56M km²2016

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — China, 1961–20239.56M9.56M9.56M9.56M9.56M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 9,562,950 km²1963: 9,562,950 km²1965: 9,562,950 km²1967: 9,562,950 km²1969: 9,562,950 km²1971: 9,562,950 km²1973: 9,562,950 km²1975: 9,562,950 km²1977: 9,562,950 km²1979: 9,562,950 km²1981: 9,562,950 km²1983: 9,562,950 km²1985: 9,562,950 km²1987: 9,562,950 km²1989: 9,562,950 km²1991: 9,562,950 km²1993: 9,562,950 km²1995: 9,562,940 km²1997: 9,562,930 km²1999: 9,562,930 km²2001: 9,562,914 km²2003: 9,562,913 km²2005: 9,562,912 km²2007: 9,562,911 km²2009: 9,562,911 km²2011: 9,562,911 km²2013: 9,562,911 km²2015: 9,562,911 km²2017: 9,562,910 km²2019: 9,562,910 km²2021: 9,562,910 km²2023: 9,562,910 km²
Change over the period: −40 (−0%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2023

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

China 9.56M km²
World 141M km²
East Asia & Pacific 24.79M km²
Eastern Asia computed 11.73M km²
Upper-middle-income countries computed 41.54M km²
Surface area — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 9.56M +0 +0%
2022 9.56M +0 +0%
2021 9.56M +0 +0%
2020 9.56M +0 +0%
2019 9.56M +0 +0%
2018 9.56M +0 +0%
2017 9.56M +0 +0%
2016 9.56M −1 −0%
2015 9.56M +0 +0%
2014 9.56M +0 +0%
2013 9.56M +0 +0%
2012 9.56M +0 +0%
2011 9.56M +0 +0%
2010 9.56M +0 +0%
2009 9.56M +0 +0%
2008 9.56M +0 +0%
2007 9.56M −1 −0%
2006 9.56M −0 −0%
2005 9.56M −1 −0%
2004 9.56M −0 −0%
2003 9.56M −1 −0%
2002 9.56M −1 −0%
2001 9.56M −6 −0%
2000 9.56M −10 −0%
1999 9.56M +0 +0%
1998 9.56M +0 +0%
1997 9.56M +0 +0%
1996 9.56M −10 −0%
1995 9.56M −10 −0%
1994 9.56M +0 +0%
1993 9.56M +0 +0%
1992 9.56M +0 +0%
1991 9.56M +0 +0%
1990 9.56M +0 +0%
1989 9.56M +0 +0%
1988 9.56M +0 +0%
1987 9.56M +0 +0%
1986 9.56M +0 +0%
1985 9.56M +0 +0%
1984 9.56M +0 +0%
1983 9.56M +0 +0%
1982 9.56M +0 +0%
1981 9.56M +0 +0%
1980 9.56M +0 +0%
1979 9.56M +0 +0%
1978 9.56M +0 +0%
1977 9.56M +0 +0%
1976 9.56M +0 +0%
1975 9.56M +0 +0%
1974 9.56M +0 +0%
1973 9.56M +0 +0%
1972 9.56M +0 +0%
1971 9.56M +0 +0%
1970 9.56M +0 +0%
1969 9.56M +0 +0%
1968 9.56M +0 +0%
1967 9.56M +0 +0%
1966 9.56M +0 +0%
1965 9.56M +0 +0%
1964 9.56M +0 +0%
1963 9.56M +0 +0%
1962 9.56M +0 +0%
1961 9.56M — —

Eastern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CN China 9.56M MN Mongolia 1.56M JP Japan 377,969 KP North Korea 120,540 KR South Korea 100,450 HK Hong Kong 1,110 MO Macao 33
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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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