Uzbekistan: Land area (sq. km)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Uzbekistan's land area (sq. km) fell 0.5% on 2023 (from 440,650 to 438,510).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.1% and a typical year strayed about 0.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.5% in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.5% in 2024. 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 24% 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, Uzbekistan had the 56th 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.

Closest to Uzbekistan in the 2024 ranking

• Turkmenistan — 53rd of 214: 469,930
• Papua New Guinea — 54th of 214: 452,860
• Morocco — 55th of 214: 446,300
• Iraq — 57th of 214: 434,130
• Greenland — 58th of 214: 410,449
• Sweden — 59th of 214: 407,270

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 33 values

Land area (sq. km) in nearby economies

• Albania — 27,400 (2024)
• Andorra — 468 (2024)
• Armenia — 28,199 (2024)
• Austria — 82,520 (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 82,650 (2024)
• Belarus — 202,976 (2024)
• Belgium — 30,494 (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 51,200 (2024)
• Bulgaria — 108,560 (2024)
• Channel Islands — 198 (2021)
• Croatia — 55,960 (2024)
• Cyprus — 9,240 (2024)
• Czechia

More environment data for Uzbekistan

• Population in largest city — 2.67 million (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 14.1% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 2.67 million (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 7.19% (2025)
• Rural population — 18.15 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 48.98% (2025)
• Urban population — 18.9 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 51.02% (2025)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — 1.85% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Uzbekistan's land area (sq. km)?

438,510 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1992?

It is up 3.08% from 425,400 in 1992 (0.09% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 440,653 in 2021 and the lowest 425,400 in 1992.

How does Uzbekistan rank?

56th highest of 214 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in land area (sq. km) unusual for Uzbekistan?

In 2024, Uzbekistan's land area (sq. km) fell 0.5% on 2023 (from 440,650 to 438,510). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.1% and a typical year strayed about 0.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

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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