China | 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
China | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 9388250
1962 9388250
1963 9388250
1964 9388250
1965 9388250
1966 9388250
1967 9388250
1968 9388250
1969 9388250
1970 9388250
1971 9388250
1972 9388250
1973 9388250
1974 9388250
1975 9388250
1976 9388250
1977 9388250
1978 9388250
1979 9388250
1980 9388250
1981 9388250
1982 9388250
1983 9388250
1984 9388250
1985 9388250
1986 9388250
1987 9388250
1988 9388250
1989 9388250
1990 9388250
1991 9388250
1992 9388250
1993 9388250
1994 9388250
1995 9388240
1996 9388230
1997 9388230
1998 9388230
1999 9388230
2000 9388220
2001 9388214.2
2002 9388213.2
2003 9388212.7
2004 9388212.5
2005 9388211.8
2006 9388211.4
2007 9388210.8
2008 9388210.8
2009 9388211
2010 9388211
2011 9388211
2012 9388211
2013 9388211
2014 9388211
2015 9388211
2016 9388210
2017 9388210
2018 9388210
2019 9388210
2020 9388210
2021 9388210
2022

China | 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source