Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source
Dominican Republic | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 48310
1962 48310
1963 48310
1964 48310
1965 48310
1966 48310
1967 48310
1968 48310
1969 48310
1970 48310
1971 48310
1972 48310
1973 48310
1974 48310
1975 48310
1976 48310
1977 48310
1978 48310
1979 48310
1980 48310
1981 48310
1982 48310
1983 48310
1984 48310
1985 48310
1986 48310
1987 48310
1988 48310
1989 48310
1990 48310
1991 48310
1992 48310
1993 48310
1994 48310
1995 48310
1996 48310
1997 48310
1998 48310
1999 48310
2000 48310
2001 48310
2002 48310
2003 48310
2004 48310
2005 48310
2006 48310
2007 48310
2008 48310
2009 48310
2010 48310
2011 48310
2012 48310
2013 48310
2014 48310
2015 48310
2016 48310
2017 48310
2018 48310
2019 47531
2020 47531
2021 47531
2022

Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source