IBRD only - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in IBRD only was 71,071,080 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 71,071,080 in 2021 and a minimum value of 71,001,650 in 2013.

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 71,064,350
1962 71,064,350
1963 71,064,350
1964 71,064,350
1965 71,064,350
1966 71,064,350
1967 71,064,350
1968 71,064,350
1969 71,064,350
1970 71,064,350
1971 71,064,350
1972 71,064,350
1973 71,064,280
1974 71,064,240
1975 71,064,210
1976 71,064,080
1977 71,064,070
1978 71,064,070
1979 71,064,070
1980 71,063,980
1981 71,063,980
1982 71,063,970
1983 71,063,970
1984 71,063,970
1985 71,063,970
1986 71,063,970
1987 71,063,970
1988 71,063,970
1989 71,062,980
1990 71,062,980
1991 71,063,550
1992 71,063,550
1993 71,059,860
1994 71,055,050
1995 71,052,120
1996 71,051,790
1997 71,052,480
1998 71,026,500
1999 71,033,330
2000 71,011,700
2001 71,010,840
2002 71,009,120
2003 71,008,700
2004 71,009,140
2005 71,009,220
2006 71,005,580
2007 71,005,230
2008 71,004,340
2009 71,001,820
2010 71,001,890
2011 71,001,970
2012 71,001,820
2013 71,001,650
2014 71,002,130
2015 71,005,010
2016 71,070,980
2017 71,070,990
2018 71,071,080
2019 71,071,080
2020 71,071,080
2021 71,071,080

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 61,451,160
2000 61,451,160
2010 61,451,160

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 1,730,145
2000 1,730,145
2010 1,730,145

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use