France | 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
French Republic
Records
63
Source
France | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 549086
1962 549086
1963 549086
1964 549086
1965 549086
1966 549086
1967 549086
1968 549086
1969 549086
1970 549086
1971 549086
1972 549086
1973 549086
1974 549086
1975 549086
1976 549086
1977 549086
1978 549086
1979 549086
1980 549086
1981 549086
1982 549086
1983 549086
1984 549086
1985 549086
1986 549086
1987 549086
1988 549086
1989 549086
1990 549086
1991 549086
1992 549086
1993 549086
1994 549086
1995 549086
1996 549086
1997 549086
1998 549086
1999 549086
2000 549087
2001 549087
2002 549087
2003 549387
2004 549087
2005 549087
2006 549087
2007 549087
2008 549087
2009 549087
2010 549087
2011 549087
2012 549087
2013 549087
2014 549087
2015 549087
2016 549087
2017 549087
2018 549087
2019 549087
2020 549086.87
2021 549086.87
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France | 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
French Republic
Records
63
Source