Algeria | Land area (sq. km)

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. Development relevance: Land area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, land area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators. Limitations and exceptions: 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. Statistical concept and methodology: Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Records
63
Source
Algeria | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 2381740
1962 2381740
1963 2381740
1964 2381740
1965 2381740
1966 2381740
1967 2381740
1968 2381740
1969 2381740
1970 2381740
1971 2381740
1972 2381740
1973 2381740
1974 2381740
1975 2381740
1976 2381740
1977 2381740
1978 2381740
1979 2381740
1980 2381740
1981 2381740
1982 2381740
1983 2381740
1984 2381740
1985 2381740
1986 2381740
1987 2381740
1988 2381740
1989 2381740
1990 2381740
1991 2381740
1992 2381740
1993 2381740
1994 2381740
1995 2381740
1996 2381740
1997 2381740
1998 2381740
1999 2381740
2000 2381740
2001 2381740
2002 2381740
2003 2381740
2004 2381740
2005 2381740
2006 2381740
2007 2381740
2008 2381740
2009 2381740
2010 2381740
2011 2381740
2012 2381740
2013 2381740
2014 2381740
2015 2381741
2016 2381741
2017 2381741
2018 2381741
2019 2381741
2020 2381741
2021 2381741
2022

Algeria | Land area (sq. km)

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. Development relevance: Land area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, land area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators. Limitations and exceptions: 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. Statistical concept and methodology: Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Records
63
Source