Bangladesh - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Bangladesh was 130,170 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 130,170 in 2021 and a minimum value of 130,170 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 130,170
1962 130,170
1963 130,170
1964 130,170
1965 130,170
1966 130,170
1967 130,170
1968 130,170
1969 130,170
1970 130,170
1971 130,170
1972 130,170
1973 130,170
1974 130,170
1975 130,170
1976 130,170
1977 130,170
1978 130,170
1979 130,170
1980 130,170
1981 130,170
1982 130,170
1983 130,170
1984 130,170
1985 130,170
1986 130,170
1987 130,170
1988 130,170
1989 130,170
1990 130,170
1991 130,170
1992 130,170
1993 130,170
1994 130,170
1995 130,170
1996 130,170
1997 130,170
1998 130,170
1999 130,170
2000 130,170
2001 130,170
2002 130,170
2003 130,170
2004 130,170
2005 130,170
2006 130,170
2007 130,170
2008 130,170
2009 130,170
2010 130,170
2011 130,170
2012 130,170
2013 130,170
2014 130,170
2015 130,170
2016 130,170
2017 130,170
2018 130,170
2019 130,170
2020 130,170
2021 130,170

Development Relevance: Land area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, land area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators.

Limitations and Exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use