Macao SAR, China - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Macao SAR, China was 32.90 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.90 in 2021 and a minimum value of 20.00 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 20.00
1962 20.00
1963 20.00
1964 20.00
1965 20.00
1966 20.00
1967 20.00
1968 20.00
1969 20.00
1970 20.00
1971 20.00
1972 20.00
1973 20.00
1974 20.00
1975 20.00
1976 20.00
1977 20.00
1978 20.00
1979 20.00
1980 20.00
1981 20.00
1982 20.00
1983 20.00
1984 20.00
1985 20.00
1986 20.00
1987 20.00
1988 20.00
1989 20.00
1990 20.00
1991 20.00
1992 20.00
1993 20.00
1994 20.00
1995 20.00
1996 20.00
1997 20.00
1998 20.00
1999 20.00
2000 20.00
2001 26.00
2002 27.00
2003 27.00
2004 28.00
2005 28.00
2006 28.60
2007 29.20
2008 29.20
2009 29.50
2010 29.70
2011 29.90
2012 29.90
2013 30.30
2014 30.30
2015 30.40
2016 30.50
2017 30.80
2018 32.90
2019 32.90
2020 32.90
2021 32.90

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 11.18
2000 11.18
2010 11.18

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 17.72
2000 17.72
2010 17.72

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use