Guinea | 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 Guinea
Records
63
Source
Guinea | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 245860
1962 245860
1963 245860
1964 245860
1965 245860
1966 245860
1967 245860
1968 245860
1969 245860
1970 245860
1971 245860
1972 245860
1973 245860
1974 245860
1975 245860
1976 245860
1977 245860
1978 245860
1979 245860
1980 245860
1981 245860
1982 245860
1983 245860
1984 245860
1985 245860
1986 245860
1987 245860
1988 245860
1989 245860
1990 245860
1991 245860
1992 245860
1993 245860
1994 245860
1995 245860
1996 245860
1997 245860
1998 245860
1999 245860
2000 245860
2001 245860
2002 245860
2003 245860
2004 245860
2005 245860
2006 245860
2007 245860
2008 245860
2009 245860
2010 245860
2011 245860
2012 245860
2013 245860
2014 245860
2015 245860
2016 245860
2017 245860
2018 245860
2019 245860
2020 245860
2021 245860
2022

Guinea | 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 Guinea
Records
63
Source