In early 2017, ISIL controlled approximately 45,377 square kilometers (17520 square miles) of territory in Iraq and Syria and 7,323 km2 of territory elsewhere, for a total of 52,700 km2.[4] This represents a substantial decline from the group's territorial peak in late 2014, when it controlled between 100,000 km2[4] and 110,000 km2[11] of territory in total.[4][10] ISIL's territory has declined substantially in almost every country since 2014, a result of the group's unpopularity and the military action taken against it.[4] ISIL propaganda claims a peak territorial extent of 282,485 km2.[12]