Brazil - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Brazil was 8,358,140 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,358,140 in 2021 and a minimum value of 8,358,140 in 1961.

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 8,358,140
1962 8,358,140
1963 8,358,140
1964 8,358,140
1965 8,358,140
1966 8,358,140
1967 8,358,140
1968 8,358,140
1969 8,358,140
1970 8,358,140
1971 8,358,140
1972 8,358,140
1973 8,358,140
1974 8,358,140
1975 8,358,140
1976 8,358,140
1977 8,358,140
1978 8,358,140
1979 8,358,140
1980 8,358,140
1981 8,358,140
1982 8,358,140
1983 8,358,140
1984 8,358,140
1985 8,358,140
1986 8,358,140
1987 8,358,140
1988 8,358,140
1989 8,358,140
1990 8,358,140
1991 8,358,140
1992 8,358,140
1993 8,358,140
1994 8,358,140
1995 8,358,140
1996 8,358,140
1997 8,358,140
1998 8,358,140
1999 8,358,140
2000 8,358,140
2001 8,358,140
2002 8,358,140
2003 8,358,140
2004 8,358,140
2005 8,358,140
2006 8,358,140
2007 8,358,140
2008 8,358,140
2009 8,358,140
2010 8,358,140
2011 8,358,140
2012 8,358,140
2013 8,358,140
2014 8,358,140
2015 8,358,140
2016 8,358,140
2017 8,358,140
2018 8,358,140
2019 8,358,140
2020 8,358,140
2021 8,358,140

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 8,241,430
2000 8,241,430
2010 8,241,430

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 134,981
2000 134,981
2010 134,981

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use