Bangladesh | 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
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source
Bangladesh | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
148460 1961
148460 1962
148460 1963
148460 1964
148460 1965
148460 1966
148460 1967
148460 1968
148460 1969
148460 1970
148460 1971
148460 1972
148460 1973
148460 1974
148460 1975
148460 1976
148460 1977
148460 1978
148460 1979
148460 1980
148460 1981
148460 1982
148460 1983
148460 1984
148460 1985
148460 1986
148460 1987
148460 1988
148460 1989
148460 1990
148460 1991
148460 1992
148460 1993
148460 1994
148460 1995
148460 1996
148460 1997
148460 1998
148460 1999
148460 2000
148460 2001
148460 2002
148460 2003
148460 2004
148460 2005
148460 2006
148460 2007
148460 2008
148460 2009
148460 2010
148460 2011
148460 2012
148460 2013
147630 2014
147630 2015
147630 2016
147977 2017
147570 2018
147570 2019
147570 2020
147570 2021
2022
Bangladesh | 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
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source