Sudan - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Sudan was 1,849,234 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,481,353 in 2010 and a minimum value of 1,849,234 in 2018.

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 2,481,353
1962 2,481,353
1963 2,481,353
1964 2,481,353
1965 2,481,353
1966 2,481,353
1967 2,481,353
1968 2,481,353
1969 2,481,353
1970 2,481,353
1971 2,481,353
1972 2,481,353
1973 2,481,353
1974 2,481,353
1975 2,481,353
1976 2,481,353
1977 2,481,353
1978 2,481,353
1979 2,481,353
1980 2,481,353
1981 2,481,353
1982 2,481,353
1983 2,481,353
1984 2,481,353
1985 2,481,353
1986 2,481,353
1987 2,481,353
1988 2,481,353
1989 2,481,353
1990 2,481,353
1991 2,481,353
1992 2,481,353
1993 2,481,353
1994 2,481,353
1995 2,481,353
1996 2,481,353
1997 2,481,353
1998 2,481,353
1999 2,481,353
2000 2,481,353
2001 2,481,353
2002 2,481,353
2003 2,481,353
2004 2,481,353
2005 2,481,353
2006 2,481,353
2007 2,481,353
2008 2,481,353
2009 2,481,353
2010 2,481,353
2011 1,849,375
2012 1,849,380
2013 1,849,378
2014 1,849,349
2015 1,849,351
2016 1,849,240
2017 1,849,239
2018 1,849,234
2019 1,849,234
2020 1,849,234
2021 1,849,234

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