Ireland | 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 Ireland
Records
63
Source
Ireland | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 70280
1962 70280
1963 70280
1964 70280
1965 70280
1966 70280
1967 70280
1968 70280
1969 70280
1970 70280
1971 70280
1972 70280
1973 70280
1974 70280
1975 70280
1976 70280
1977 70280
1978 70280
1979 70280
1980 70280
1981 70280
1982 70280
1983 70280
1984 70280
1985 70280
1986 70280
1987 70280
1988 70280
1989 70280
1990 70280
1991 70280
1992 70280
1993 70280
1994 70280
1995 70280
1996 70280
1997 70280
1998 70280
1999 70280
2000 70280
2001 70280
2002 70280
2003 70280
2004 70280
2005 70280
2006 70280
2007 70280
2008 70280
2009 70280
2010 70280
2011 70280
2012 70280
2013 70280
2014 70280
2015 70280
2016 70280
2017 70280
2018 70280
2019 70280
2020 70280
2021 70280
2022

Ireland | 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 Ireland
Records
63
Source