Mongolia | 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
Mongolia
Records
63
Source
Mongolia | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 1547438.742
1962 1547438.742
1963 1547438.742
1964 1547438.742
1965 1547438.742
1966 1547438.742
1967 1547438.742
1968 1547438.742
1969 1547438.742
1970 1547438.742
1971 1547438.742
1972 1547438.742
1973 1547438.742
1974 1547438.742
1975 1547438.742
1976 1547438.742
1977 1547438.742
1978 1547438.742
1979 1547438.742
1980 1547438.742
1981 1547438.742
1982 1547438.742
1983 1547438.742
1984 1547438.742
1985 1547438.742
1986 1547438.742
1987 1547438.742
1988 1547438.742
1989 1547438.742
1990 1547438.742
1991 1547438.742
1992 1547438.742
1993 1547438.742
1994 1547438.742
1995 1547438.742
1996 1547438.742
1997 1547438.742
1998 1547438.742
1999 1547438.742
2000 1547438.742
2001 1547438.742
2002 1547438.968
2003 1554686.058
2004 1554444.019
2005 1554444.091
2006 1557459.093
2007 1557459.093
2008 1557465.087
2009 1557465.134
2010 1557292.418
2011 1557251.947
2012 1557251.946
2013 1557253.053
2014 1557252.921
2015 1557255.4
2016 1557255.4
2017 1557255.4
2018 1557255
2019 1557258
2020 1557506.803
2021 1557507
2022

Mongolia | 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
Mongolia
Records
63
Source