Nicaragua - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Nicaragua was 120,340 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 120,340 in 2021 and a minimum value of 120,340 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 120,340
1962 120,340
1963 120,340
1964 120,340
1965 120,340
1966 120,340
1967 120,340
1968 120,340
1969 120,340
1970 120,340
1971 120,340
1972 120,340
1973 120,340
1974 120,340
1975 120,340
1976 120,340
1977 120,340
1978 120,340
1979 120,340
1980 120,340
1981 120,340
1982 120,340
1983 120,340
1984 120,340
1985 120,340
1986 120,340
1987 120,340
1988 120,340
1989 120,340
1990 120,340
1991 120,340
1992 120,340
1993 120,340
1994 120,340
1995 120,340
1996 120,340
1997 120,340
1998 120,340
1999 120,340
2000 120,340
2001 120,340
2002 120,340
2003 120,340
2004 120,340
2005 120,340
2006 120,340
2007 120,340
2008 120,340
2009 120,340
2010 120,340
2011 120,340
2012 120,340
2013 120,340
2014 120,340
2015 120,340
2016 120,340
2017 120,340
2018 120,340
2019 120,340
2020 120,340
2021 120,340

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 115,694
2000 115,694
2010 115,694

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 2,882
2000 2,882
2010 2,882

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use