Iraq | 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
Republic of Iraq
Records
63
Source
Iraq | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
438320 1961
438320 1962
438320 1963
438320 1964
438320 1965
438320 1966
438320 1967
438320 1968
438320 1969
438320 1970
438320 1971
438320 1972
438320 1973
438320 1974
438320 1975
438320 1976
438320 1977
438320 1978
438320 1979
438320 1980
438320 1981
438320 1982
438320 1983
438320 1984
438320 1985
438320 1986
438320 1987
438320 1988
438320 1989
438320 1990
438320 1991
438320 1992
438320 1993
438320 1994
438320 1995
438320 1996
438320 1997
438320 1998
438320 1999
438320 2000
438320 2001
438320 2002
438320 2003
438320 2004
438320 2005
438320 2006
438320 2007
438320 2008
435240 2009
435240 2010
435240 2011
435240 2012
435052 2013
435052 2014
435052 2015
435052 2016
435052 2017
435052 2018
435052 2019
435052 2020
435050 2021
2022
Iraq | 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
Republic of Iraq
Records
63
Source