Burundi | 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 Burundi
Records
63
Source
Burundi | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 27830
1962 27830
1963 27830
1964 27830
1965 27830
1966 27830
1967 27830
1968 27830
1969 27830
1970 27830
1971 27830
1972 27830
1973 27830
1974 27830
1975 27830
1976 27830
1977 27830
1978 27830
1979 27830
1980 27830
1981 27830
1982 27830
1983 27830
1984 27830
1985 27830
1986 27830
1987 27830
1988 27830
1989 27830
1990 27830
1991 27830
1992 27830
1993 27830
1994 27830
1995 27830
1996 27830
1997 27830
1998 27830
1999 27830
2000 27830
2001 27830
2002 27830
2003 27830
2004 27830
2005 27830
2006 27830
2007 27830
2008 27830
2009 27830
2010 27830
2011 27830
2012 27830
2013 27830
2014 27830
2015 27830
2016 27830
2017 27830
2018 27830
2019 27830
2020 27830
2021 27830
2022

Burundi | 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 Burundi
Records
63
Source