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Surface area — Caribbean

Surface area in the Caribbean in 2023 — 328,991 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 42.5%.

2023 328,991 km² −0% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 328,991 km²2019
Period minimum 230,772 km²2010

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — Caribbean, 1961–2023225,000250,000275,000300,000325,000350,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 230,872 km²1963: 230,872 km²1965: 230,872 km²1967: 230,872 km²1969: 230,872 km²1971: 230,872 km²1973: 230,872 km²1975: 230,872 km²1977: 230,872 km²1979: 230,872 km²1981: 230,782 km²1983: 230,782 km²1985: 230,782 km²1987: 230,782 km²1989: 230,782 km²1991: 230,782 km²1993: 230,782 km²1995: 230,782 km²1997: 230,782 km²1999: 230,782 km²2001: 230,782 km²2003: 230,782 km²2005: 230,782 km²2007: 230,782 km²2009: 230,782 km²2011: 230,822 km²2013: 230,822 km²2015: 230,822 km²2017: 230,822 km²2019: 328,991 km²2021: 328,991 km²2023: 328,991 km²
Change over the period: +98,119 (+42.5%) Average annual rate: 0.57 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Caribbean 328,991 km²
World 141M km²
Surface area — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 328,991 −0 −0%
2022 328,991 +0 +0%
2021 328,991 +0 +0%
2020 328,991 +0 +0%
2019 328,991 +98,169 +42.53%
2018 230,822 +0 +0%
2017 230,822 +0 +0%
2016 230,822 +0 +0%
2015 230,822 +0 +0%
2014 230,822 +0 +0%
2013 230,822 +0 +0%
2012 230,822 +0 +0%
2011 230,822 +50 +0.02%
2010 230,772 −10 −0%
2009 230,782 +0 +0%
2008 230,782 +0 +0%
2007 230,782 +0 +0%
2006 230,782 +0 +0%
2005 230,782 +0 +0%
2004 230,782 +0 +0%
2003 230,782 +0 +0%
2002 230,782 +0 +0%
2001 230,782 +0 +0%
2000 230,782 +0 +0%
1999 230,782 +0 +0%
1998 230,782 +0 +0%
1997 230,782 +0 +0%
1996 230,782 +0 +0%
1995 230,782 +0 +0%
1994 230,782 +0 +0%
1993 230,782 +0 +0%
1992 230,782 +0 +0%
1991 230,782 +0 +0%
1990 230,782 +0 +0%
1989 230,782 +0 +0%
1988 230,782 +0 +0%
1987 230,782 +0 +0%
1986 230,782 +0 +0%
1985 230,782 +0 +0%
1984 230,782 +0 +0%
1983 230,782 +0 +0%
1982 230,782 +0 +0%
1981 230,782 +0 +0%
1980 230,782 −90 −0.04%
1979 230,872 +0 +0%
1978 230,872 +0 +0%
1977 230,872 +0 +0%
1976 230,872 +0 +0%
1975 230,872 +0 +0%
1974 230,872 +0 +0%
1973 230,872 +0 +0%
1972 230,872 +0 +0%
1971 230,872 +0 +0%
1970 230,872 +0 +0%
1969 230,872 +0 +0%
1968 230,872 +0 +0%
1967 230,872 +0 +0%
1966 230,872 +0 +0%
1965 230,872 +0 +0%
1964 230,872 +0 +0%
1963 230,872 +0 +0%
1962 230,872 +0 +0%
1961 230,872 — —

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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