Chad | 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 Chad
Records
63
Source
Chad | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 1284000
1962 1284000
1963 1284000
1964 1284000
1965 1284000
1966 1284000
1967 1284000
1968 1284000
1969 1284000
1970 1284000
1971 1284000
1972 1284000
1973 1284000
1974 1284000
1975 1284000
1976 1284000
1977 1284000
1978 1284000
1979 1284000
1980 1284000
1981 1284000
1982 1284000
1983 1284000
1984 1284000
1985 1284000
1986 1284000
1987 1284000
1988 1284000
1989 1284000
1990 1284000
1991 1284000
1992 1284000
1993 1284000
1994 1284000
1995 1284000
1996 1284000
1997 1284000
1998 1284000
1999 1284000
2000 1284000
2001 1284000
2002 1284000
2003 1284000
2004 1284000
2005 1284000
2006 1284000
2007 1284000
2008 1284000
2009 1284000
2010 1284000
2011 1284000
2012 1284000
2013 1284000
2014 1284000
2015 1284000
2016 1284000
2017 1284000
2018 1284000
2019 1284000
2020 1284000
2021 1284000
2022
Chad | 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 Chad
Records
63
Source