Low income | 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
Low income
Records
63
Source
Low income | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 14973680
1962 14973680
1963 14973680
1964 14973680
1965 14973680
1966 14973680
1967 14973680
1968 14973680
1969 14973680
1970 14973680
1971 14973680
1972 14973680
1973 14973680
1974 14973680
1975 14973680
1976 14973680
1977 14973680
1978 14973680
1979 14973680
1980 14973680
1981 14973680
1982 14973680
1983 14973680
1984 14973680
1985 14973680
1986 14973680
1987 14973680
1988 14973680
1989 14973680
1990 14973680
1991 14973680
1992 14973680
1993 14973680
1994 14973680
1995 14973680
1996 14973680
1997 14973680
1998 14973680
1999 14973680
2000 14973680
2001 14973680
2002 14973680
2003 14973680
2004 15009714.114
2005 15009713.169
2006 15009682.93
2007 15009650.599
2008 15009667.542
2009 15009679.862
2010 15009674.451
2011 15009953.029
2012 15029019.533
2013 15028987.412
2014 15028973.958
2015 15029027.541
2016 15029014.92
2017 15029009.283
2018 15029015.383
2019 15029019.118
2020 15028977.871
2021 15028977.871
2022

Low income | 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
Low income
Records
63
Source