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Surface area — Upper-middle-income countries

Surface area in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 41,540,584 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0.1%.

2023 41.54M km² −0% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 41.56M km²2019
Period minimum 41.45M km²2014

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — Upper-middle-income countries, 1961–202341.45M41.5M41.55M41.6M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 41,481,102 km²1963: 41,481,102 km²1965: 41,481,102 km²1967: 41,481,102 km²1969: 41,481,102 km²1971: 41,481,102 km²1973: 41,481,102 km²1975: 41,481,102 km²1977: 41,481,102 km²1979: 41,481,102 km²1981: 41,481,102 km²1983: 41,481,102 km²1985: 41,481,102 km²1987: 41,481,102 km²1989: 41,481,102 km²1991: 41,481,102 km²1993: 41,481,182 km²1995: 41,481,182 km²1997: 41,481,162 km²1999: 41,453,972 km²2001: 41,453,956 km²2003: 41,453,955 km²2005: 41,453,974 km²2007: 41,453,973 km²2009: 41,450,893 km²2011: 41,450,852 km²2013: 41,450,259 km²2015: 41,452,854 km²2017: 41,456,369 km²2019: 41,557,357 km²2021: 41,549,321 km²2023: 41,540,584 km²
Change over the period: +59,482 (+0.14%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 41.54M km²
World 141M km²
Surface area — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 41.54M −1,883 −0%
2022 41.54M −6,855 −0.02%
2021 41.55M +190 +0%
2020 41.55M −8,226 −0.02%
2019 41.56M +101,037 +0.24%
2018 41.46M −49 −0%
2017 41.46M +3,148 +0.01%
2016 41.45M +367 +0%
2015 41.45M +2,599 +0.01%
2014 41.45M −4 −0%
2013 41.45M −591 −0%
2012 41.45M −2 −0%
2011 41.45M −33 −0%
2010 41.45M −8 −0%
2009 41.45M −3,080 −0.01%
2008 41.45M +0 +0%
2007 41.45M −1 −0%
2006 41.45M −0 −0%
2005 41.45M −1 −0%
2004 41.45M +20 +0%
2003 41.45M −1 −0%
2002 41.45M −1 −0%
2001 41.45M −6 −0%
2000 41.45M −10 −0%
1999 41.45M +0 +0%
1998 41.45M −27,190 −0.07%
1997 41.48M −10 −0%
1996 41.48M −10 −0%
1995 41.48M +0 +0%
1994 41.48M +0 +0%
1993 41.48M +80 +0%
1992 41.48M +0 +0%
1991 41.48M +0 +0%
1990 41.48M +0 +0%
1989 41.48M +0 +0%
1988 41.48M +0 +0%
1987 41.48M +0 +0%
1986 41.48M +0 +0%
1985 41.48M +0 +0%
1984 41.48M +0 +0%
1983 41.48M +0 +0%
1982 41.48M +0 +0%
1981 41.48M +0 +0%
1980 41.48M +0 +0%
1979 41.48M +0 +0%
1978 41.48M +0 +0%
1977 41.48M +0 +0%
1976 41.48M +0 +0%
1975 41.48M +0 +0%
1974 41.48M +0 +0%
1973 41.48M +0 +0%
1972 41.48M +0 +0%
1971 41.48M +0 +0%
1970 41.48M +0 +0%
1969 41.48M +0 +0%
1968 41.48M +0 +0%
1967 41.48M +0 +0%
1966 41.48M +0 +0%
1965 41.48M +0 +0%
1964 41.48M +0 +0%
1963 41.48M +0 +0%
1962 41.48M +0 +0%
1961 41.48M — —

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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