Djibouti | 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 Djibouti
Records
63
Source
Djibouti | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 23200
1962 23200
1963 23200
1964 23200
1965 23200
1966 23200
1967 23200
1968 23200
1969 23200
1970 23200
1971 23200
1972 23200
1973 23200
1974 23200
1975 23200
1976 23200
1977 23200
1978 23200
1979 23200
1980 23200
1981 23200
1982 23200
1983 23200
1984 23200
1985 23200
1986 23200
1987 23200
1988 23200
1989 23200
1990 23200
1991 23200
1992 23200
1993 23200
1994 23200
1995 23200
1996 23200
1997 23200
1998 23200
1999 23200
2000 23200
2001 23200
2002 23200
2003 23200
2004 23200
2005 23200
2006 23200
2007 23200
2008 23200
2009 23200
2010 23200
2011 23200
2012 23200
2013 23200
2014 23200
2015 23200
2016 23200
2017 23200
2018 23200
2019 23200
2020 23200
2021 23200
2022

Djibouti | 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 Djibouti
Records
63
Source