India | 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
Republic of India
Records
63
Source
India | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 2973190
1962 2973190
1963 2973190
1964 2973190
1965 2973190
1966 2973190
1967 2973190
1968 2973190
1969 2973190
1970 2973190
1971 2973190
1972 2973190
1973 2973190
1974 2973190
1975 2973190
1976 2973190
1977 2973190
1978 2973190
1979 2973190
1980 2973190
1981 2973190
1982 2973190
1983 2973190
1984 2973190
1985 2973190
1986 2973190
1987 2973190
1988 2973190
1989 2973190
1990 2973190
1991 2973190
1992 2973190
1993 2973190
1994 2973190
1995 2973190
1996 2973190
1997 2973190
1998 2973190
1999 2973190
2000 2973190
2001 2973190
2002 2973190
2003 2973190
2004 2973190
2005 2973190
2006 2973190
2007 2973190
2008 2973190
2009 2973190
2010 2973190
2011 2973190
2012 2973190
2013 2973190
2014 2973190
2015 2973190
2016 2973190
2017 2973190
2018 2973190
2019 2973190
2020 2973190
2021 2973190
2022

India | 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
Republic of India
Records
63
Source