Spain | 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source
Spain | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 505990
1962 505990
1963 505990
1964 505990
1965 505990
1966 505990
1967 505990
1968 505990
1969 505990
1970 505990
1971 505990
1972 505990
1973 505990
1974 505990
1975 505990
1976 505990
1977 505990
1978 505990
1979 505990
1980 505990
1981 505990
1982 505990
1983 505990
1984 505990
1985 505990
1986 505990
1987 505990
1988 505990
1989 505990
1990 505990
1991 505990
1992 505990
1993 505990
1994 505990
1995 505990
1996 505990
1997 505990
1998 505990
1999 505990
2000 505000
2001 505020
2002 505320
2003 505370
2004 505370
2005 505370
2006 505370
2007 505370
2008 505370
2009 505370
2010 505600
2011 505600
2012 505940
2013 505940
2014 505940
2015 505924
2016 505935
2017 505935.23
2018 505957.289
2019 505952.796
2020 505969.891
2021 505964.594
2022

Spain | 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source