Dem. Rep. Congo - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 2,267,050 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,267,050 in 2021 and a minimum value of 2,267,050 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 2,267,050
1962 2,267,050
1963 2,267,050
1964 2,267,050
1965 2,267,050
1966 2,267,050
1967 2,267,050
1968 2,267,050
1969 2,267,050
1970 2,267,050
1971 2,267,050
1972 2,267,050
1973 2,267,050
1974 2,267,050
1975 2,267,050
1976 2,267,050
1977 2,267,050
1978 2,267,050
1979 2,267,050
1980 2,267,050
1981 2,267,050
1982 2,267,050
1983 2,267,050
1984 2,267,050
1985 2,267,050
1986 2,267,050
1987 2,267,050
1988 2,267,050
1989 2,267,050
1990 2,267,050
1991 2,267,050
1992 2,267,050
1993 2,267,050
1994 2,267,050
1995 2,267,050
1996 2,267,050
1997 2,267,050
1998 2,267,050
1999 2,267,050
2000 2,267,050
2001 2,267,050
2002 2,267,050
2003 2,267,050
2004 2,267,050
2005 2,267,050
2006 2,267,050
2007 2,267,050
2008 2,267,050
2009 2,267,050
2010 2,267,050
2011 2,267,050
2012 2,267,050
2013 2,267,050
2014 2,267,050
2015 2,267,050
2016 2,267,050
2017 2,267,050
2018 2,267,050
2019 2,267,050
2020 2,267,050
2021 2,267,050

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 2,278,812
2000 2,278,812
2010 2,278,812

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

See also:

Year Value
1990 9,062
2000 9,062
2010 9,062

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use