Colombia | 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 Colombia
Records
63
Source
Colombia | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 1109500
1962 1109500
1963 1109500
1964 1109500
1965 1109500
1966 1109500
1967 1109500
1968 1109500
1969 1109500
1970 1109500
1971 1109500
1972 1109500
1973 1109500
1974 1109500
1975 1109500
1976 1109500
1977 1109500
1978 1109500
1979 1109500
1980 1109500
1981 1109500
1982 1109500
1983 1109500
1984 1109500
1985 1109500
1986 1109500
1987 1109500
1988 1109500
1989 1109500
1990 1109500
1991 1109500
1992 1109500
1993 1109500
1994 1109500
1995 1109500
1996 1109500
1997 1109500
1998 1109500
1999 1109500
2000 1109500
2001 1109500
2002 1109500
2003 1109500
2004 1109500
2005 1109500
2006 1109500
2007 1109500
2008 1109500
2009 1109500
2010 1109500
2011 1109500
2012 1109500
2013 1109500
2014 1109500
2015 1109500
2016 1109500
2017 1109500
2018 1109500
2019 1109500
2020 1109500
2021 1109500
2022

Colombia | 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 Colombia
Records
63
Source