Iran - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Iran was 1,745,150 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,745,150 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1,745,150 in 1961.

Definition: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 1,745,150
1962 1,745,150
1963 1,745,150
1964 1,745,150
1965 1,745,150
1966 1,745,150
1967 1,745,150
1968 1,745,150
1969 1,745,150
1970 1,745,150
1971 1,745,150
1972 1,745,150
1973 1,745,150
1974 1,745,150
1975 1,745,150
1976 1,745,150
1977 1,745,150
1978 1,745,150
1979 1,745,150
1980 1,745,150
1981 1,745,150
1982 1,745,150
1983 1,745,150
1984 1,745,150
1985 1,745,150
1986 1,745,150
1987 1,745,150
1988 1,745,150
1989 1,745,150
1990 1,745,150
1991 1,745,150
1992 1,745,150
1993 1,745,150
1994 1,745,150
1995 1,745,150
1996 1,745,150
1997 1,745,150
1998 1,745,150
1999 1,745,150
2000 1,745,150
2001 1,745,150
2002 1,745,150
2003 1,745,150
2004 1,745,150
2005 1,745,150
2006 1,745,150
2007 1,745,150
2008 1,745,150
2009 1,745,150
2010 1,745,150
2011 1,745,150
2012 1,745,150
2013 1,745,150
2014 1,745,150
2015 1,745,150
2016 1,745,150
2017 1,745,150
2018 1,745,150

Development Relevance: Total surface 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, surface 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 includes 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