Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source
Germany | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
356970 1961
356970 1962
356970 1963
356970 1964
356970 1965
356970 1966
356970 1967
356970 1968
356970 1969
356970 1970
356970 1971
356970 1972
356970 1973
356970 1974
356970 1975
356970 1976
356970 1977
356970 1978
356970 1979
356970 1980
356970 1981
356970 1982
356970 1983
356970 1984
356970 1985
356970 1986
356970 1987
356970 1988
356970 1989
356970 1990
356970 1991
356970 1992
356990 1993
357000 1994
357020 1995
357030 1996
357030 1997
357030 1998
357030 1999
357030 2000
357030 2001
357040 2002
357040 2003
357050 2004
357090 2005
357100 2006
357100 2007
357110 2008
357120 2009
357130 2010
357140 2011
357170 2012
357340 2013
357380 2014
357410 2015
357580 2016
357580 2017
357580 2018
357580 2019
357590 2020
357590 2021
2022
Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source