IDA total | Land area (sq. km)

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Development relevance: Land 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, land 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 does not include 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
IDA total
Records
63
Source
IDA total | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 24053934
1962 24053934
1963 24053934
1964 24053934
1965 24053934
1966 24053934
1967 24053934
1968 24053934
1969 24053934
1970 24053934
1971 24053934
1972 24053934
1973 24053934
1974 24053534
1975 24053274
1976 24053274
1977 24053274
1978 24053274
1979 24053274
1980 24053274
1981 24053274
1982 24053274
1983 24053274
1984 24053274
1985 24053274
1986 24053274
1987 24053274
1988 24053274
1989 24053274
1990 24053274
1991 24054154
1992 24811314
1993 24811314
1994 24804391
1995 24804391
1996 24804391
1997 24804391
1998 24804391
1999 24804391
2000 24815306
2001 24815252
2002 24815252
2003 24815028
2004 24961760.922
2005 24961742.092
2006 24961905.252
2007 24962145.665
2008 24961880.89
2009 24961881.284
2010 24962466.055
2011 24962696.05
2012 25086477.142
2013 25086358.326
2014 25085137.467
2015 25089189.128
2016 25088914.968
2017 25088820.053
2018 25088751.143
2019 25088731.874
2020 25088746.094
2021 25088749.094
2022

IDA total | Land area (sq. km)

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Development relevance: Land 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, land 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 does not include 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
IDA total
Records
63
Source