Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source
Dominican Republic | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
48670 1961
48670 1962
48670 1963
48670 1964
48670 1965
48670 1966
48670 1967
48670 1968
48670 1969
48670 1970
48670 1971
48670 1972
48670 1973
48670 1974
48670 1975
48670 1976
48670 1977
48670 1978
48670 1979
48670 1980
48670 1981
48670 1982
48670 1983
48670 1984
48670 1985
48670 1986
48670 1987
48670 1988
48670 1989
48670 1990
48670 1991
48670 1992
48670 1993
48670 1994
48670 1995
48670 1996
48670 1997
48670 1998
48670 1999
48670 2000
48670 2001
48670 2002
48670 2003
48670 2004
48670 2005
48670 2006
48670 2007
48670 2008
48670 2009
48670 2010
48670 2011
48670 2012
48670 2013
48670 2014
48670 2015
48670 2016
48670 2017
48670 2018
146839.31 2019
146839.31 2020
146839.31 2021
2022
Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source