Small states - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Small states was 2,501,331 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,508,304 in 1993 and a minimum value of 2,499,718 in 2004.

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 2,506,894
1962 2,506,894
1963 2,506,894
1964 2,506,894
1965 2,506,894
1966 2,506,894
1967 2,506,894
1968 2,506,894
1969 2,506,894
1970 2,506,894
1971 2,506,894
1972 2,506,894
1973 2,506,894
1974 2,506,894
1975 2,507,034
1976 2,507,034
1977 2,507,034
1978 2,507,034
1979 2,507,034
1980 2,506,944
1981 2,506,944
1982 2,506,944
1983 2,506,944
1984 2,506,944
1985 2,506,944
1986 2,506,944
1987 2,506,944
1988 2,506,944
1989 2,506,944
1990 2,506,944
1991 2,508,284
1992 2,508,304
1993 2,508,304
1994 2,501,381
1995 2,501,381
1996 2,501,381
1997 2,501,381
1998 2,501,381
1999 2,501,381
2000 2,501,381
2001 2,501,381
2002 2,501,381
2003 2,501,391
2004 2,499,718
2005 2,499,728
2006 2,499,728
2007 2,499,738
2008 2,499,748
2009 2,499,748
2010 2,499,750
2011 2,499,755
2012 2,499,758
2013 2,500,838
2014 2,500,719
2015 2,500,726
2016 2,500,754
2017 2,500,755
2018 2,501,331
2019 2,501,331
2020 2,501,331
2021 2,501,331

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 1,821,834
2000 1,821,834
2010 1,821,834

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 28,479
2000 28,479
2010 28,479

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use