Kenya | 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 Kenya
Records
63
Source
Kenya | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 580370
1962 580370
1963 580370
1964 580370
1965 580370
1966 580370
1967 580370
1968 580370
1969 580370
1970 580370
1971 580370
1972 580370
1973 580370
1974 580370
1975 580370
1976 580370
1977 580370
1978 580370
1979 580370
1980 580370
1981 580370
1982 580370
1983 580370
1984 580370
1985 580370
1986 580370
1987 580370
1988 580370
1989 580370
1990 580370
1991 580370
1992 580370
1993 580370
1994 580370
1995 580370
1996 580370
1997 580370
1998 580370
1999 580370
2000 580370
2001 580370
2002 580370
2003 580370
2004 580370
2005 580370
2006 580370
2007 580370
2008 580370
2009 580370
2010 580370
2011 580370
2012 580370
2013 580370
2014 580370
2015 580370
2016 580370
2017 580370
2018 580370
2019 580370
2020 580370
2021 580370
2022
Kenya | 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 Kenya
Records
63
Source