Iran, Islamic Rep. | 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
Islamic Republic of Iran
Records
63
Source
Iran, Islamic Rep. | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1745150 1961
1745150 1962
1745150 1963
1745150 1964
1745150 1965
1745150 1966
1745150 1967
1745150 1968
1745150 1969
1745150 1970
1745150 1971
1745150 1972
1745150 1973
1745150 1974
1745150 1975
1745150 1976
1745150 1977
1745150 1978
1745150 1979
1745150 1980
1745150 1981
1745150 1982
1745150 1983
1745150 1984
1745150 1985
1745150 1986
1745150 1987
1745150 1988
1745150 1989
1745150 1990
1745150 1991
1745150 1992
1745150 1993
1745150 1994
1745150 1995
1745150 1996
1745150 1997
1745150 1998
1745150 1999
1745150 2000
1745150 2001
1745150 2002
1745150 2003
1745150 2004
1745150 2005
1745150 2006
1745150 2007
1745150 2008
1745150 2009
1745150 2010
1745150 2011
1745150 2012
1745150 2013
1745150 2014
1745150 2015
1745150 2016
1745150 2017
1745150 2018
1745150 2019
1745150 2020
1745150 2021
2022
Iran, Islamic Rep. | 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
Islamic Republic of Iran
Records
63
Source