Suriname - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Suriname was 156,000 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 156,000 in 2021 and a minimum value of 156,000 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 156,000
1962 156,000
1963 156,000
1964 156,000
1965 156,000
1966 156,000
1967 156,000
1968 156,000
1969 156,000
1970 156,000
1971 156,000
1972 156,000
1973 156,000
1974 156,000
1975 156,000
1976 156,000
1977 156,000
1978 156,000
1979 156,000
1980 156,000
1981 156,000
1982 156,000
1983 156,000
1984 156,000
1985 156,000
1986 156,000
1987 156,000
1988 156,000
1989 156,000
1990 156,000
1991 156,000
1992 156,000
1993 156,000
1994 156,000
1995 156,000
1996 156,000
1997 156,000
1998 156,000
1999 156,000
2000 156,000
2001 156,000
2002 156,000
2003 156,000
2004 156,000
2005 156,000
2006 156,000
2007 156,000
2008 156,000
2009 156,000
2010 156,000
2011 156,000
2012 156,000
2013 156,000
2014 156,000
2015 156,000
2016 156,000
2017 156,000
2018 156,000
2019 156,000
2020 156,000
2021 156,000

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 139,976
2000 139,976
2010 139,976

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 692.70
2000 692.70
2010 692.70

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use