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Rural land area sq km

Rural land area (sq. km). Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.Source:
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Country
Rural land area (sq. km)Rural land area (sq. km)Year
1
Russia
16,305,829.27
2010
2
Canada
9,084,045.00
2010
3
China
8,868,577.00
2010
4
United States
8,549,545.51
2010
5
Brazil
8,241,430.00
2010
6
Australia
7,641,564.50
2010
7
India
2,980,489.25
2010
8
Argentina
2,690,269.50
2010
9
Sudan
2,489,483.50
2010
10
Algeria
2,285,675.75
2010
11
Democratic Republic Of Congo
2,278,811.75
2010
12
Saudi Arabia
1,912,311.88
2010
13
Indonesia
1,838,682.63
2010
14
Mexico
1,831,423.50
2010
15
Libya
1,606,874.75
2010
16
Iran
1,545,056.13
2010
17
Peru
1,256,339.88
2010
18
Angola
1,248,198.63
2010
19
Mali
1,243,208.25
2010
20
Ethiopia
1,117,893.38
2010
21
Colombia
1,090,598.13
2010
22
Mauritania
1,041,101.88
2010
23
Egypt
951,268.88
2010
24
Tanzania
886,549.56
2010
25
Nigeria
880,103.31
2010
26
Venezuela
868,222.75
2010
27
Namibia
822,303.13
2010
28
Mozambique
769,595.13
2010
29
Pakistan
751,709.50
2010
30
Turkey
723,511.50
2010
31
Chile
709,418.75
2010
32
Morocco
659,759.44
2010
33
Myanmar
657,996.31
2010
34
Somalia
634,302.56
2010
35
Madagascar
587,832.94
2010
36
Kenya
576,333.75
2010
37
Ukraine
553,950.88
2010
38
Thailand
474,183.44
2010
39
Papua New Guinea
459,445.50
2010
40
Cameroon
459,153.19
2010
41
France
457,993.59
2010
42
Spain
432,138.34
2010
43
Iraq
415,377.66
2010
44
Yemen
411,287.59
2010
45
Sweden
390,507.28
2010
46
Republic of the Congo
338,427.13
2010
47
Vietnam
318,130.09
2010
48
Ivory Coast
314,812.34
2010
49
Malaysia
312,833.03
2010
50
Oman
307,667.53
2010
51
Norway
292,187.81
2010
52
Germany
291,859.22
2010
53
Finland
289,666.28
2010
54
Philippines
282,759.13
2010
55
Poland
277,840.50
2010
56
Gabon
261,381.75
2010
57
Japan
260,649.59
2010
58
New Zealand
253,834.70
2010
59
Ecuador
244,458.23
2010
60
Guinea
243,431.19
2010
61
Greenland
242,639.59
2010
62
Laos
227,855.53
2010
63
Ghana
224,697.48
2010
64
Italy
223,236.44
2010
65
Romania
219,047.94
2010
66
Guyana
207,343.42
2010
67
Belarus
198,055.78
2010
68
Senegal
193,255.55
2010
69
United Kingdom
183,648.92
2010
70
Cambodia
176,298.19
2010
71
Syria
173,463.23
2010
72
Uruguay
168,731.92
2010
73
Tunisia
144,635.91
2010
74
Suriname
139,976.17
2010
75
Bangladesh
123,889.63
2010
76
Eritrea
122,239.83
2010
77
North Korea
119,243.45
2010
78
Nicaragua
115,694.29
2010
79
Benin
113,916.96
2010
80
Greece
112,653.58
2010
81
Honduras
108,150.58
2010
82
Bulgaria
103,838.01
2010
83
Guatemala
103,568.34
2010
84
Cuba
100,440.80
2010
85
Liberia
95,634.38
2010
86
Malawi
92,909.46
2010
87
Iceland
88,593.22
2010
88
Jordan
86,229.24
2010
89
Portugal
78,286.85
2010
90
South Korea
77,155.29
2010
91
Panama
71,714.31
2010
92
Sierra Leone
71,494.84
2010
93
United Arab Emirates
70,575.11
2010
94
Georgia
64,912.71
2010
95
Republic of Ireland
63,249.21
2010
96
Sri Lanka
61,106.81
2010
97
Latvia
60,137.24
2010
98
Lithuania
59,360.14
2010
99
Togo
55,426.64
2010
100
South Africa
53,460.31
2010
101
Croatia
51,019.57
2010
102
Bosnia and Herzegovina
49,338.42
2010
103
Costa Rica
46,479.98
2010
104
Dominican Republic
42,784.18
2010
105
Estonia
40,498.62
2010
106
Guinea-Bissau
33,629.70
2010
107
Denmark
33,044.12
2010
108
Moldova
31,217.15
2010
109
Switzerland
30,190.08
2010
110
Solomon Islands
28,264.58
2010
111
Equatorial Guinea
26,800.92
2010
112
Albania
26,686.71
2010
113
Haiti
26,163.42
2010
114
Republic of Macedonia
21,962.62
2010
115
Netherlands
21,411.86
2010
116
Djibouti
21,411.55
2010
117
Belize
21,296.04
2010
118
New Caledonia
18,564.04
2010
119
Belgium
18,091.89
2010
120
Slovenia
17,680.89
2010
121
Fiji
17,199.44
2010
122
Swaziland
16,551.39
2010
123
El Salvador
16,349.95
2010
124
Israel
15,621.78
2010
125
East Timor
14,569.64
2010
126
Kuwait
13,422.94
2010
127
The Bahamas
12,245.52
2010
128
Vanuatu
12,210.13
2010
129
Gambia
10,461.87
2010
130
Qatar
9,779.25
2010
131
Lebanon
8,082.00
2010
132
Jamaica
8,015.42
2010
133
Cyprus
6,949.83
2010
134
Brunei
4,743.62
2010
135
Cape Verde
3,913.57
2010
136
French Polynesia
3,787.23
2010
137
Trinidad and Tobago
2,879.29
2010
138
Samoa
2,748.28
2010
139
Luxembourg
1,782.77
2010
140
Comoros
1,478.79
2010
141
Faroe Islands
1,379.93
2010
142
Kiribati
985.04
2010
143
Turks And Caicos Islands
965.76
2010
144
São Tomé and Príncipe
933.32
2010
145
Mauritius
727.65
2010
146
Tonga
552.35
2010
147
Federated States of Micronesia
517.31
2010
148
Dominica
503.71
2010
149
Puerto Rico
459.92
2010
150
Palau
448.27
2010
151
Northern Mariana Islands
379.39
2010
152
Isle Of Man
333.47
2010
153
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
322.59
2010
154
Maldives
291.78
2010
155
Marshall Islands
284.83
2010
156
Saint Lucia
263.58
2010
157
Hong Kong
231.17
2010
158
Seychelles
187.97
2010
159
Antigua and Barbuda
167.86
2010
160
Grenada
153.51
2010
161
Bahrain
115.14
2010
162
Virgin Islands (British)
106.79
2010
163
Singapore
103.60
2010
164
American Samoa
87.64
2010
165
Cayman Islands
64.62
2010
166
Virgin Islands (US)
63.46
2010
167
Tuvalu
38.76
2010
168
Saint Kitts And Nevis
36.29
2010
169
Guam
33.10
2010
170
Malta
30.63
2010
171
Bermuda
22.78
2010
172
Barbados
14.81
2010
173
Macao
11.18
2010
174
Nauru
10.05
2010
175
Aruba
9.01
2010
176
San Marino
3.74
2010
177
Gibraltar
2.26
2010
178
Monaco
0.48
2010
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