United States's land area (sq. km) was 9.15 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is unchanged at from 9.15 million in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 9.15 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 9.15 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 9.15 million | 2014 |
| Highest | 9.16 million | 2000 |
| Lowest | 9.15 million | 2008 |
| Average since 2015 | 9.15 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 9.16 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, United States' land area (sq. km) did not change 0% on 2023 (from 9.15 million to 9.15 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0% and a typical year strayed about 0% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0% in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.2% in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, United States had the 3rd highest value of the 214 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9.15 million | 2024 |
| World | 129.76 million | 2023 |
| North America | 17.94 million | 2023 |
| High income | 51.77 million | 2023 |
Closest to United States in the 2024 ranking
- Russian Federation — 1st of 214: 16.38 million
- China — 2nd of 214: 9.39 million
- Canada — 4th of 214: 8.79 million
- Brazil — 5th of 214: 8.36 million
- Australia — 6th of 214: 7.69 million
What this measures
Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.
Limitations: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 64 values
| Year | Land area (sq. km) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 9,147,420 |
| 2023 | 9,147,420 |
| 2022 | 9,147,420 |
| 2021 | 9,147,420 |
| 2020 | 9,147,420 |
| 2019 | 9,147,420 |
| 2018 | 9,147,420 |
| 2017 | 9,147,420 |
| 2016 | 9,147,420 |
| 2015 | 9,147,420 |
| 2014 |
Land area (sq. km) in nearby economies
More environment data for United States
- Population in largest city — 19.15 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 6.99% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 160.79 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 47.04% (2025)
- Rural population — 67.7 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 19.81% (2025)
- Urban population — 274.09 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 80.19% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 467,617 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is United States's land area (sq. km)?
- 9.15 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1961?
- It is down 0.13% from 9.16 million in 1961. The highest value was 9.16 million in 2000 and the lowest 9.15 million in 2008.
- How does United States rank?
- 3rd highest of 214 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in land area (sq. km) unusual for United States?
- In 2024, United States' land area (sq. km) did not change 0% on 2023 (from 9.15 million to 9.15 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0% and a typical year strayed about 0% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.TOTL.K2, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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