Chad | 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 Chad
Records
63
Source
Chad | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 1260000
1962 1260000
1963 1260000
1964 1260000
1965 1260000
1966 1260000
1967 1260000
1968 1260000
1969 1260000
1970 1260000
1971 1260000
1972 1260000
1973 1260000
1974 1259600
1975 1259200
1976 1259200
1977 1259200
1978 1259200
1979 1259200
1980 1259200
1981 1259200
1982 1259200
1983 1259200
1984 1259200
1985 1259200
1986 1259200
1987 1259200
1988 1259200
1989 1259200
1990 1259200
1991 1259200
1992 1259200
1993 1259200
1994 1259200
1995 1259200
1996 1259200
1997 1259200
1998 1259200
1999 1259200
2000 1259200
2001 1259200
2002 1259200
2003 1259200
2004 1259200
2005 1259200
2006 1259200
2007 1259200
2008 1259200
2009 1259200
2010 1259200
2011 1259200
2012 1259200
2013 1259200
2014 1259200
2015 1259200
2016 1259200
2017 1259200
2018 1259200
2019 1259200
2020 1259200
2021 1259200
2022

Chad | 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 Chad
Records
63
Source