Algeria - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Algeria was 2,381,741 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,381,741 in 2021 and a minimum value of 2,381,740 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 2,381,740
1962 2,381,740
1963 2,381,740
1964 2,381,740
1965 2,381,740
1966 2,381,740
1967 2,381,740
1968 2,381,740
1969 2,381,740
1970 2,381,740
1971 2,381,740
1972 2,381,740
1973 2,381,740
1974 2,381,740
1975 2,381,740
1976 2,381,740
1977 2,381,740
1978 2,381,740
1979 2,381,740
1980 2,381,740
1981 2,381,740
1982 2,381,740
1983 2,381,740
1984 2,381,740
1985 2,381,740
1986 2,381,740
1987 2,381,740
1988 2,381,740
1989 2,381,740
1990 2,381,740
1991 2,381,740
1992 2,381,740
1993 2,381,740
1994 2,381,740
1995 2,381,740
1996 2,381,740
1997 2,381,740
1998 2,381,740
1999 2,381,740
2000 2,381,740
2001 2,381,740
2002 2,381,740
2003 2,381,740
2004 2,381,740
2005 2,381,740
2006 2,381,740
2007 2,381,740
2008 2,381,740
2009 2,381,740
2010 2,381,740
2011 2,381,740
2012 2,381,740
2013 2,381,740
2014 2,381,740
2015 2,381,741
2016 2,381,741
2017 2,381,741
2018 2,381,741
2019 2,381,741
2020 2,381,741
2021 2,381,741

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 2,285,676
2000 2,285,676
2010 2,285,676

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 30,196
2000 30,196
2010 30,196

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use