IDA blend - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in IDA blend was 4,384,525 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,384,561 in 2015 and a minimum value of 4,369,370 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 4,369,370
1962 4,369,370
1963 4,369,370
1964 4,369,370
1965 4,369,370
1966 4,369,370
1967 4,369,370
1968 4,369,370
1969 4,369,370
1970 4,369,370
1971 4,369,370
1972 4,369,370
1973 4,369,370
1974 4,369,370
1975 4,369,370
1976 4,369,370
1977 4,369,370
1978 4,369,370
1979 4,369,370
1980 4,369,370
1981 4,369,370
1982 4,369,370
1983 4,369,370
1984 4,369,370
1985 4,369,370
1986 4,369,370
1987 4,369,370
1988 4,369,370
1989 4,369,370
1990 4,369,370
1991 4,369,370
1992 4,369,370
1993 4,369,370
1994 4,369,370
1995 4,369,370
1996 4,369,370
1997 4,369,370
1998 4,369,370
1999 4,369,370
2000 4,369,370
2001 4,369,370
2002 4,369,370
2003 4,369,370
2004 4,369,370
2005 4,369,370
2006 4,369,370
2007 4,369,370
2008 4,369,370
2009 4,369,370
2010 4,369,370
2011 4,369,370
2012 4,369,370
2013 4,369,370
2014 4,369,370
2015 4,384,561
2016 4,384,558
2017 4,384,557
2018 4,384,525
2019 4,384,525
2020 4,384,525
2021 4,384,525

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

See also:

Year Value
1990 3,502,099
2000 3,502,099
2010 3,502,099

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 67,197
2000 67,197
2010 67,197

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use