Bulgaria | Surface area (sq. km)

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways. Development relevance: Total surface 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, surface 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 includes 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 Bulgaria
Records
63
Source
Bulgaria | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 110990
1962 110990
1963 110990
1964 110990
1965 110990
1966 110990
1967 110990
1968 110990
1969 110990
1970 110990
1971 110990
1972 110990
1973 110990
1974 110990
1975 110990
1976 110990
1977 110990
1978 110990
1979 110990
1980 110990
1981 110990
1982 110990
1983 110990
1984 110990
1985 110990
1986 110990
1987 110990
1988 110990
1989 110990
1990 110990
1991 110990
1992 110990
1993 110990
1994 110990
1995 110990
1996 110990
1997 110990
1998 110990
1999 110990
2000 110990
2001 110990
2002 110990
2003 110990
2004 111000
2005 111000
2006 111000
2007 111000
2008 111000
2009 111000
2010 111000
2011 111000
2012 111000
2013 111000
2014 111000
2015 111000
2016 111000
2017 111000
2018 111000
2019 111000
2020 111000
2021 111000
2022

Bulgaria | Surface area (sq. km)

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways. Development relevance: Total surface 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, surface 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 includes 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 Bulgaria
Records
63
Source