Late-demographic dividend | Land area (sq. km)
Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Development relevance: Land 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, land 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 does not include 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Late-demographic dividend | Land area (sq. km)
1960
24766870.742 1961
24766870.742 1962
24766870.742 1963
24766870.742 1964
24766870.742 1965
24766870.742 1966
24766870.742 1967
24766870.742 1968
24766870.742 1969
24766870.742 1970
24766870.742 1971
24766870.742 1972
24766830.742 1973
24766830.742 1974
24766970.742 1975
24766970.742 1976
24766970.742 1977
24766970.742 1978
24766970.742 1979
24766970.742 1980
24766970.742 1981
24766970.742 1982
24766970.742 1983
24766970.742 1984
24766970.742 1985
24766970.742 1986
24766970.742 1987
24766970.742 1988
24765980.742 1989
24765980.742 1990
24766090.742 1991
44391634.742 1992
44436044.742 1993
44431234.742 1994
44428244.742 1995
44427844.742 1996
44428534.742 1997
44431109.742 1998
44437932.742 1999
44416123.742 2000
44415246.942 2001
44415380.168 2002
44422250.758 2003
44422418.519 2004
44425322.891 2005
44525522.493 2006
44524986.893 2007
44524344.887 2008
44524430.134 2009
44524774.418 2010
44524759.947 2011
44524782.946 2012
44525435.383 2013
44525704.921 2014
44524904.4 2015
44524912.4 2016
44524210.4 2017
44524754.3 2018
44524698.37 2019
44521586.403 2020
44521646 2021
2022
Late-demographic dividend | Land area (sq. km)
Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Development relevance: Land 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, land 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 does not include 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source