Congo, Rep. | 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Rep. | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 341500
1962 341500
1963 341500
1964 341500
1965 341500
1966 341500
1967 341500
1968 341500
1969 341500
1970 341500
1971 341500
1972 341500
1973 341500
1974 341500
1975 341500
1976 341500
1977 341500
1978 341500
1979 341500
1980 341500
1981 341500
1982 341500
1983 341500
1984 341500
1985 341500
1986 341500
1987 341500
1988 341500
1989 341500
1990 341500
1991 341500
1992 341500
1993 341500
1994 341500
1995 341500
1996 341500
1997 341500
1998 341500
1999 341500
2000 341500
2001 341500
2002 341500
2003 341500
2004 341500
2005 341500
2006 341500
2007 341500
2008 341500
2009 341500
2010 341500
2011 341500
2012 341500
2013 341500
2014 341500
2015 341500
2016 341500
2017 341500
2018 341500
2019 341500
2020 341500
2021 341500
2022
Congo, Rep. | 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source