World - Land area
Land area (sq. km)
The value for Land area (sq. km) in World was 129,949,300 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 129,956,600 in 2016 and a minimum value of 129,734,300 in 1996.
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 | 129,856,800 |
| 1962 | 129,856,800 |
| 1963 | 129,856,800 |
| 1964 | 129,856,800 |
| 1965 | 129,856,800 |
| 1966 | 129,856,800 |
| 1967 | 129,856,800 |
| 1968 | 129,856,700 |
| 1969 | 129,856,700 |
| 1970 | 129,856,700 |
| 1971 | 129,856,700 |
| 1972 | 129,856,600 |
| 1973 | 129,856,600 |
| 1974 | 129,856,100 |
| 1975 | 129,855,600 |
| 1976 | 129,855,400 |
| 1977 | 129,855,200 |
| 1978 | 129,855,200 |
| 1979 | 129,855,200 |
| 1980 | 129,854,900 |
| 1981 | 129,855,000 |
| 1982 | 129,854,800 |
| 1983 | 129,854,700 |
| 1984 | 129,853,200 |
| 1985 | 129,853,100 |
| 1986 | 129,853,200 |
| 1987 | 129,853,100 |
| 1988 | 129,853,100 |
| 1989 | 129,852,100 |
| 1990 | 129,852,100 |
| 1991 | 129,854,000 |
| 1992 | 129,854,100 |
| 1993 | 129,749,400 |
| 1994 | 129,737,700 |
| 1995 | 129,734,800 |
| 1996 | 129,734,300 |
| 1997 | 129,803,700 |
| 1998 | 129,777,700 |
| 1999 | 129,784,400 |
| 2000 | 129,765,400 |
| 2001 | 129,764,300 |
| 2002 | 129,762,100 |
| 2003 | 129,762,000 |
| 2004 | 129,889,500 |
| 2005 | 129,889,500 |
| 2006 | 129,885,400 |
| 2007 | 129,885,200 |
| 2008 | 129,869,100 |
| 2009 | 129,867,500 |
| 2010 | 129,869,700 |
| 2011 | 129,870,200 |
| 2012 | 129,864,700 |
| 2013 | 129,863,400 |
| 2014 | 129,863,000 |
| 2015 | 129,880,700 |
| 2016 | 129,956,600 |
| 2017 | 129,956,100 |
| 2018 | 129,949,300 |
| 2019 | 129,949,300 |
| 2020 | 129,949,300 |
| 2021 | 129,949,300 |
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 | 111,794,100 |
| 2000 | 111,794,100 |
| 2010 | 111,794,100 |
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 | 3,629,312 |
| 2000 | 3,629,312 |
| 2010 | 3,629,312 |
Classification
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Land use
