Congo - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Congo was 341,500 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 341,500 in 2021 and a minimum value of 341,500 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 341,500
1962 341,500
1963 341,500
1964 341,500
1965 341,500
1966 341,500
1967 341,500
1968 341,500
1969 341,500
1970 341,500
1971 341,500
1972 341,500
1973 341,500
1974 341,500
1975 341,500
1976 341,500
1977 341,500
1978 341,500
1979 341,500
1980 341,500
1981 341,500
1982 341,500
1983 341,500
1984 341,500
1985 341,500
1986 341,500
1987 341,500
1988 341,500
1989 341,500
1990 341,500
1991 341,500
1992 341,500
1993 341,500
1994 341,500
1995 341,500
1996 341,500
1997 341,500
1998 341,500
1999 341,500
2000 341,500
2001 341,500
2002 341,500
2003 341,500
2004 341,500
2005 341,500
2006 341,500
2007 341,500
2008 341,500
2009 341,500
2010 341,500
2011 341,500
2012 341,500
2013 341,500
2014 341,500
2015 341,500
2016 341,500
2017 341,500
2018 341,500
2019 341,500
2020 341,500
2021 341,500

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 338,427
2000 338,427
2010 338,427

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 1,087
2000 1,087
2010 1,087

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use