United States | 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
United States of America
Records
63
Source
United States | Land area (sq. km)
1960
1961 9158960
1962 9158960
1963 9158960
1964 9158960
1965 9158960
1966 9158960
1967 9158960
1968 9158960
1969 9158960
1970 9158960
1971 9158960
1972 9158960
1973 9158960
1974 9158960
1975 9158960
1976 9158960
1977 9158960
1978 9158960
1979 9158960
1980 9158960
1981 9158960
1982 9158960
1983 9158960
1984 9158960
1985 9158960
1986 9158960
1987 9158960
1988 9158960
1989 9158960
1990 9158960
1991 9158960
1992 9158960
1993 9158960
1994 9158960
1995 9158960
1996 9158960
1997 9158960
1998 9158960
1999 9158960
2000 9161920
2001 9161920
2002 9161920
2003 9161920
2004 9161920
2005 9161920
2006 9161920
2007 9161920
2008 9147420
2009 9147420
2010 9147420
2011 9147420
2012 9147420
2013 9147420
2014 9147420
2015 9147420
2016 9147420
2017 9147420
2018 9147420
2019 9147420
2020 9147420
2021 9147420
2022

United States | 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
United States of America
Records
63
Source