Sri Lanka | 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
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Records
63
Source
Sri Lanka | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 65610
1962 65610
1963 65610
1964 65610
1965 65610
1966 65610
1967 65610
1968 65610
1969 65610
1970 65610
1971 65610
1972 65610
1973 65610
1974 65610
1975 65610
1976 65610
1977 65610
1978 65610
1979 65610
1980 65610
1981 65610
1982 65610
1983 65610
1984 65610
1985 65610
1986 65610
1987 65610
1988 65610
1989 65610
1990 65610
1991 65610
1992 65610
1993 65610
1994 65610
1995 65610
1996 65610
1997 65610
1998 65610
1999 65610
2000 65610
2001 65610
2002 65610
2003 65610
2004 65610
2005 65610
2006 65610
2007 65610
2008 65610
2009 65610
2010 65610
2011 65610
2012 65610
2013 65610
2014 65610
2015 65610
2016 65610
2017 65610
2018 65610
2019 65610
2020 65610
2021 65610
2022

Sri Lanka | 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
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Records
63
Source