IDA only - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in IDA only was 20,604,990 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20,617,620 in 2011 and a minimum value of 20,489,180 in 1994.

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 20,596,880
1962 20,596,880
1963 20,596,880
1964 20,596,880
1965 20,596,880
1966 20,596,880
1967 20,596,880
1968 20,596,880
1969 20,596,880
1970 20,596,880
1971 20,596,880
1972 20,596,880
1973 20,596,880
1974 20,596,480
1975 20,596,220
1976 20,596,220
1977 20,596,220
1978 20,596,220
1979 20,596,220
1980 20,596,220
1981 20,596,220
1982 20,596,220
1983 20,596,220
1984 20,596,220
1985 20,596,220
1986 20,596,220
1987 20,596,220
1988 20,596,220
1989 20,596,220
1990 20,596,220
1991 20,597,100
1992 20,597,100
1993 20,496,100
1994 20,489,180
1995 20,489,180
1996 20,489,180
1997 20,489,180
1998 20,489,180
1999 20,489,180
2000 20,489,530
2001 20,489,530
2002 20,489,530
2003 20,489,340
2004 20,616,780
2005 20,616,780
2006 20,616,940
2007 20,616,980
2008 20,616,750
2009 20,616,740
2010 20,617,380
2011 20,617,620
2012 20,617,480
2013 20,617,420
2014 20,616,210
2015 20,616,270
2016 20,616,200
2017 20,615,890
2018 20,604,990
2019 20,604,990
2020 20,604,990
2021 20,604,990

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 14,918,550
2000 14,918,550
2010 14,918,550

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 99,420
2000 99,420
2010 99,420

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use