IDA total - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in IDA total was 24,989,520 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,000,830 in 2015 and a minimum value of 24,858,550 in 1994.

Definition: 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 24,966,250
1962 24,966,250
1963 24,966,250
1964 24,966,250
1965 24,966,250
1966 24,966,250
1967 24,966,250
1968 24,966,250
1969 24,966,250
1970 24,966,250
1971 24,966,250
1972 24,966,250
1973 24,966,250
1974 24,965,850
1975 24,965,590
1976 24,965,590
1977 24,965,590
1978 24,965,590
1979 24,965,590
1980 24,965,590
1981 24,965,590
1982 24,965,590
1983 24,965,590
1984 24,965,590
1985 24,965,590
1986 24,965,590
1987 24,965,590
1988 24,965,590
1989 24,965,590
1990 24,965,590
1991 24,966,470
1992 24,966,470
1993 24,865,470
1994 24,858,550
1995 24,858,550
1996 24,858,550
1997 24,858,550
1998 24,858,550
1999 24,858,550
2000 24,858,900
2001 24,858,900
2002 24,858,900
2003 24,858,710
2004 24,986,150
2005 24,986,150
2006 24,986,310
2007 24,986,350
2008 24,986,120
2009 24,986,110
2010 24,986,750
2011 24,986,990
2012 24,986,850
2013 24,986,790
2014 24,985,580
2015 25,000,830
2016 25,000,760
2017 25,000,440
2018 24,989,520
2019 24,989,520
2020 24,989,520
2021 24,989,520

Rural land area (sq. km)

Definition: Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e

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Year Value
1990 18,420,650
2000 18,420,650
2010 18,420,650

Urban land area (sq. km)

Definition: Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e

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Year Value
1990 166,618
2000 166,618
2010 166,618

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use