The CIA World Factbook Every edition, 1990 to 2025 Antarctic Region
Area Antarctica, in 34 editions.
The entry for Antarctica published Area in 34 editions of 35, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 16 editions. Each is shown as published. Area in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 16
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Total area” (1990 to 1992), “Land area” (1992) and “Area” (1993 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Total area”
about 14,000,000 km2; land area: about 14,000,000 km2
about 14,000,000 km2; land area: about 14,000,000 km2
Published as “Total area”
14,000,000 km2 (est.)
Published as “Land area”
about 14,000,000 km2
about 14,000,000 km2; land area: km2 (est.)
about 14,000,000 km2
- total area:
- 14 million km2 (est.)
- land area:
- 14 million km2 (est.)
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US
note: second-smallest continent (after Australia)
Rewritten: too little of the 1992 text remains to mark the changes.
total area:
14 million km2 (est.)
land area:
14 million km2 (est.)
comparative area:
slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US
note:
second-smallest continent (after Australia)
The entry for Antarctica did not include Area.
The same text in 1995 and 1996.
- total area:
- 14 million sq km (est.)
- land area:
- 14 million sq km (est.)
- comparative area:
- slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US
note: second-smallest continent (after Australia)
total area:km2 sq km (est.)
land area:km2 sq km (est.)
comparative area:
note:
- total:
- 14 million sq km
- land:
- 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note : second-smallest continent (after Australia)
total area: total: 14 million sq km (est.)land area: land: 14 million sq km (est.) (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq kmcomparative area: slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US ice-covered) (est.)note: note : second-smallest continent (after Australia)
The same text in 1998 and 1999.
- total:
- 14 million sq km
- land:
- 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: second-smallest continent (after Australia)
total: 14 million sq km
land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km
ice-covered) (est.)note : note: second-smallest continent (after Australia)
- total:
- 14 million sq km
- land:
- 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
total: 14 million sq km
land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km
note: second-smallest continent (after Australia) fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
- total:
- 14 million sq km land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.) note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
total: 14 million sq km
The same text in 2002 and 2003.
- total:
- 14 million sq km
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
- land:
- 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
total: 14 million sq km land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
The same text in 5 editions, 2004 to 2008.
- total:
- 14 million sq km
- land:
- 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
total: 14 million sq km
land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- total:
- 14 million sq km
- land:
- 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
total:
14 million sq km
land:
14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note:
fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
- total:
- 14 million sq km
- land:
- 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
total:
land:
note:
- total:
- 14 million sq km
- land:
- 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
country comparison to the world: 2
total: 14 million sq km
land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
country comparison to the world: 2
- total:
- 14 million sq km
- land:
- 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
total: 14 million sq km
land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
country comparison to the world: 2
The same text in 5 editions, 2019 to 2023.
- total:
- 14.2 million sq km
- land:
- 14.2 million sq km (285,000 sq km ice-free, 13.915 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
total: 14 14.2 million sq km
land: 14 14.2 million sq km (280,000 (285,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 13.915 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
- total :
- 14.2 million sq km
- land:
- 14.2 million sq km (285,000 sq km ice-free, 13.915 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
total: total : 14.2 million sq km
land: 14.2 million sq km (285,000 sq km ice-free, 13.915 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
- total :
- 14.2 million sq km
- land:
- 14.2 million sq km (285,000 sq km ice-free, 13.915 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the continent of Europe
total : 14.2 million sq km
land: 14.2 million sq km (285,000 sq km ice-free, 13.915 million sq km ice-covered) (est.)
note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent continent of Europe
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Antarctica: Area.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/antarctica/area.