Mongolia | 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
Mongolia
Records
63
Source
Mongolia | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 1564120
1962 1564120
1963 1564120
1964 1564120
1965 1564120
1966 1564120
1967 1564120
1968 1564120
1969 1564120
1970 1564120
1971 1564120
1972 1564120
1973 1564120
1974 1564120
1975 1564120
1976 1564120
1977 1564120
1978 1564120
1979 1564120
1980 1564120
1981 1564120
1982 1564120
1983 1564120
1984 1564120
1985 1564120
1986 1564120
1987 1564120
1988 1564120
1989 1564120
1990 1564120
1991 1564120
1992 1564120
1993 1564120
1994 1564120
1995 1564120
1996 1564120
1997 1564120
1998 1564120
1999 1564120
2000 1564120
2001 1564120
2002 1564120
2003 1564120
2004 1564120
2005 1564120
2006 1564120
2007 1564120
2008 1564120
2009 1564120
2010 1564120
2011 1564120
2012 1564120
2013 1564120
2014 1564120
2015 1564120
2016 1564120
2017 1564116
2018 1564116
2019 1564116
2020 1564115.749
2021 1564116
2022
Mongolia | 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
Mongolia
Records
63
Source