Low income | 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
Low income
Records
63
Source
Low income | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 14472740
1962 14472740
1963 14472740
1964 14472740
1965 14472740
1966 14472740
1967 14472740
1968 14472740
1969 14472740
1970 14472740
1971 14472740
1972 14472740
1973 14472740
1974 14472340
1975 14471940
1976 14471940
1977 14471940
1978 14471940
1979 14471940
1980 14471940
1981 14471940
1982 14471940
1983 14471940
1984 14471940
1985 14471940
1986 14471940
1987 14471940
1988 14471940
1989 14471940
1990 14471940
1991 14471940
1992 14471940
1993 14471940
1994 14471940
1995 14471940
1996 14471940
1997 14471940
1998 14471940
1999 14471940
2000 14471940
2001 14471940
2002 14471940
2003 14471750
2004 14620309.922
2005 14620355.092
2006 14620407.252
2007 14620463.665
2008 14620425.89
2009 14620458.284
2010 14621136.055
2011 14621419.05
2012 14745349.142
2013 14745311.326
2014 14745264.467
2015 14745318.128
2016 14745325.968
2017 14745314.053
2018 14745329.143
2019 14745341.404
2020 14745302.094
2021 14745302.094
2022

Low income | 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
Low income
Records
63
Source