Cameroon | 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 Cameroon
Records
63
Source
Cameroon | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 475440
1962 475440
1963 475440
1964 475440
1965 475440
1966 475440
1967 475440
1968 475440
1969 475440
1970 475440
1971 475440
1972 475440
1973 475440
1974 475440
1975 475440
1976 475440
1977 475440
1978 475440
1979 475440
1980 475440
1981 475440
1982 475440
1983 475440
1984 475440
1985 475440
1986 475440
1987 475440
1988 475440
1989 475440
1990 475440
1991 475440
1992 475440
1993 475440
1994 475440
1995 475440
1996 475440
1997 475440
1998 475440
1999 475440
2000 475440
2001 475440
2002 475440
2003 475440
2004 475440
2005 475440
2006 475440
2007 475440
2008 475440
2009 475440
2010 475440
2011 475440
2012 475440
2013 475440
2014 475440
2015 475440
2016 475440
2017 475440
2018 475440
2019 475440
2020 475440
2021 475440
2022

Cameroon | 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 Cameroon
Records
63
Source