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Surface area — NATO

Surface area in NATO in 2023 — 31,439,961 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 2%.

2023 31.44M km² +0% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 31.44M km²2020
Period minimum 30.83M km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — NATO, 1961–202330.8M31M31.2M31.4M31.6M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 30,830,538 km²1963: 30,830,538 km²1965: 30,830,538 km²1967: 30,830,538 km²1969: 30,830,538 km²1971: 30,830,538 km²1973: 30,830,538 km²1975: 30,830,538 km²1977: 30,830,538 km²1979: 30,830,538 km²1981: 30,830,538 km²1983: 30,830,538 km²1985: 30,830,538 km²1987: 30,830,538 km²1989: 30,830,538 km²1991: 30,830,538 km²1993: 30,830,558 km²1995: 30,830,588 km²1997: 30,830,668 km²1999: 30,830,598 km²2001: 30,833,296 km²2003: 30,834,010 km²2005: 30,833,746 km²2007: 30,834,016 km²2009: 31,033,646 km²2011: 31,033,892 km²2013: 31,387,522 km²2015: 31,387,552 km²2017: 31,387,574 km²2019: 31,388,192 km²2021: 31,438,753 km²2023: 31,439,961 km²
Change over the period: +609,423 (+1.98%) Average annual rate: 0.03 %

Comparison, 2023

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

NATO 31.44M km²
World 141M km²
Surface area — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 31.44M +1,176 +0%
2022 31.44M +32 +0%
2021 31.44M −6,084 −0.02%
2020 31.44M +56,645 +0.18%
2019 31.39M +417 +0%
2018 31.39M +201 +0%
2017 31.39M −172 −0%
2016 31.39M +194 +0%
2015 31.39M +5 +0%
2014 31.39M +25 +0%
2013 31.39M +353,260 +1.14%
2012 31.03M +370 +0%
2011 31.03M +9 +0%
2010 31.03M +237 +0%
2009 31.03M +135 +0%
2008 31.03M +199,495 +0.65%
2007 30.83M −20 −0%
2006 30.83M +290 +0%
2005 30.83M +20 +0%
2004 30.83M −284 −0%
2003 30.83M +404 +0%
2002 30.83M +310 +0%
2001 30.83M +20 +0%
2000 30.83M +2,678 +0.01%
1999 30.83M +0 +0%
1998 30.83M −70 −0%
1997 30.83M +0 +0%
1996 30.83M +80 +0%
1995 30.83M +20 +0%
1994 30.83M +10 +0%
1993 30.83M +20 +0%
1992 30.83M +0 +0%
1991 30.83M +0 +0%
1990 30.83M +0 +0%
1989 30.83M +0 +0%
1988 30.83M +0 +0%
1987 30.83M +0 +0%
1986 30.83M +0 +0%
1985 30.83M +0 +0%
1984 30.83M +0 +0%
1983 30.83M +0 +0%
1982 30.83M +0 +0%
1981 30.83M +0 +0%
1980 30.83M +0 +0%
1979 30.83M +0 +0%
1978 30.83M +0 +0%
1977 30.83M +0 +0%
1976 30.83M +0 +0%
1975 30.83M +0 +0%
1974 30.83M +0 +0%
1973 30.83M +0 +0%
1972 30.83M +0 +0%
1971 30.83M +0 +0%
1970 30.83M +0 +0%
1969 30.83M +0 +0%
1968 30.83M +0 +0%
1967 30.83M +0 +0%
1966 30.83M +0 +0%
1965 30.83M +0 +0%
1964 30.83M +0 +0%
1963 30.83M +0 +0%
1962 30.83M +0 +0%
1961 30.83M — —

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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