Hong Kong SAR, China | 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
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
Hong Kong SAR, China | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 1070
1962 1070
1963 1070
1964 1070
1965 1070
1966 1070
1967 1070
1968 1070
1969 1070
1970 1070
1971 1070
1972 1070
1973 1070
1974 1070
1975 1070
1976 1070
1977 1070
1978 1070
1979 1070
1980 1070
1981 1070
1982 1070
1983 1070
1984 1070
1985 1070
1986 1070
1987 1070
1988 1070
1989 1070
1990 1070
1991 1070
1992 1070
1993 1070
1994 1070
1995 1080
1996 1090
1997 1090
1998 1090
1999 1090
2000 1100
2001 1100
2002 1100
2003 1100
2004 1100
2005 1100
2006 1100
2007 1100
2008 1100
2009 1100
2010 1100
2011 1100
2012 1100
2013 1100
2014 1105
2015 1106
2016 1110
2017 1110
2018 1110
2019 1110
2020 1110
2021 1110
2022
Hong Kong SAR, China | 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
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source