Cameroon vs Yemen: Land area

Cameroon

472,710 sq. km

in 2023

Yemen

527,970 sq. km

in 2023

Cameroon rank

52nd

Yemen rank

49th

Land area over time

Cameroon
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 527,970 sq. km against 472,710 sq. km in Cameroon, a difference of 55,260 sq. km.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.

Globally, Cameroon ranks 52nd and Yemen ranks 49th of 216 countries.

Individual pages

Land area in Cameroon
Land area in Yemen
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Land area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 15,310 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.