Congo, Rep. | 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Rep. | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 342000
1962 342000
1963 342000
1964 342000
1965 342000
1966 342000
1967 342000
1968 342000
1969 342000
1970 342000
1971 342000
1972 342000
1973 342000
1974 342000
1975 342000
1976 342000
1977 342000
1978 342000
1979 342000
1980 342000
1981 342000
1982 342000
1983 342000
1984 342000
1985 342000
1986 342000
1987 342000
1988 342000
1989 342000
1990 342000
1991 342000
1992 342000
1993 342000
1994 342000
1995 342000
1996 342000
1997 342000
1998 342000
1999 342000
2000 342000
2001 342000
2002 342000
2003 342000
2004 342000
2005 342000
2006 342000
2007 342000
2008 342000
2009 342000
2010 342000
2011 342000
2012 342000
2013 342000
2014 342000
2015 342000
2016 342000
2017 342000
2018 342000
2019 342000
2020 342000
2021 342000
2022
Congo, Rep. | 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source