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
2381740 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
2381741 2015
2381741 2016
2381741 2017
2381741 2018
2381741 2019
2381741 2020
2381741 2021
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