The Gambia - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in The Gambia was 10,120 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,120 in 2021 and a minimum value of 10,120 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 10,120
1962 10,120
1963 10,120
1964 10,120
1965 10,120
1966 10,120
1967 10,120
1968 10,120
1969 10,120
1970 10,120
1971 10,120
1972 10,120
1973 10,120
1974 10,120
1975 10,120
1976 10,120
1977 10,120
1978 10,120
1979 10,120
1980 10,120
1981 10,120
1982 10,120
1983 10,120
1984 10,120
1985 10,120
1986 10,120
1987 10,120
1988 10,120
1989 10,120
1990 10,120
1991 10,120
1992 10,120
1993 10,120
1994 10,120
1995 10,120
1996 10,120
1997 10,120
1998 10,120
1999 10,120
2000 10,120
2001 10,120
2002 10,120
2003 10,120
2004 10,120
2005 10,120
2006 10,120
2007 10,120
2008 10,120
2009 10,120
2010 10,120
2011 10,120
2012 10,120
2013 10,120
2014 10,120
2015 10,120
2016 10,120
2017 10,120
2018 10,120
2019 10,120
2020 10,120
2021 10,120

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 10,462
2000 10,462
2010 10,462

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 446.18
2000 446.18
2010 446.18

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use