Cameroon - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Cameroon was 472,710 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 472,710 in 2021 and a minimum value of 472,710 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 472,710
1962 472,710
1963 472,710
1964 472,710
1965 472,710
1966 472,710
1967 472,710
1968 472,710
1969 472,710
1970 472,710
1971 472,710
1972 472,710
1973 472,710
1974 472,710
1975 472,710
1976 472,710
1977 472,710
1978 472,710
1979 472,710
1980 472,710
1981 472,710
1982 472,710
1983 472,710
1984 472,710
1985 472,710
1986 472,710
1987 472,710
1988 472,710
1989 472,710
1990 472,710
1991 472,710
1992 472,710
1993 472,710
1994 472,710
1995 472,710
1996 472,710
1997 472,710
1998 472,710
1999 472,710
2000 472,710
2001 472,710
2002 472,710
2003 472,710
2004 472,710
2005 472,710
2006 472,710
2007 472,710
2008 472,710
2009 472,710
2010 472,710
2011 472,710
2012 472,710
2013 472,710
2014 472,710
2015 472,710
2016 472,710
2017 472,710
2018 472,710
2019 472,710
2020 472,710
2021 472,710

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