Land area in South America

12 countries in South America, 2023. Unit: km². World ranking →

First in the ranking
8,358,140 km²
Brazil
Median country
812,441 km²
half above, half below
World total
129.8 mn km²
World Bank aggregate
Range
160,508 to 8,358,140
Suriname - Brazil

How to read it

Across 12 countries in South America, the highest value is in Brazil (8,358,140 km²) and the lowest in Suriname (160,508 km²).

The median country is at 812,441 km²: half are above, half below.

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.

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Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL, publisher: Food and Agriculture… · via World Bank WDI (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) · licence

Land area over time

km²

Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Brazil8,358,140
2Argentina2,736,690
3Peru1,280,000
4Colombia1,109,500
5Bolivia1,083,300
6Venezuela882,050
7Chile742,832
8Paraguay396,012
9Ecuador248,360
10Guyana211,140
11Uruguay175,020
12Suriname160,508
World Bank, WDI · AG.LND.TOTL.K2 · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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