Angola | 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
Republic of Angola
Records
63
Source
Angola | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 1246700
1962 1246700
1963 1246700
1964 1246700
1965 1246700
1966 1246700
1967 1246700
1968 1246700
1969 1246700
1970 1246700
1971 1246700
1972 1246700
1973 1246700
1974 1246700
1975 1246700
1976 1246700
1977 1246700
1978 1246700
1979 1246700
1980 1246700
1981 1246700
1982 1246700
1983 1246700
1984 1246700
1985 1246700
1986 1246700
1987 1246700
1988 1246700
1989 1246700
1990 1246700
1991 1246700
1992 1246700
1993 1246700
1994 1246700
1995 1246700
1996 1246700
1997 1246700
1998 1246700
1999 1246700
2000 1246700
2001 1246700
2002 1246700
2003 1246700
2004 1246700
2005 1246700
2006 1246700
2007 1246700
2008 1246700
2009 1246700
2010 1246700
2011 1246700
2012 1246700
2013 1246700
2014 1246700
2015 1246700
2016 1246700
2017 1246700
2018 1246700
2019 1246700
2020 1246700
2021 1246700
2022

Angola | 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
Republic of Angola
Records
63
Source