Vietnam - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Vietnam was 310,070 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 325,490 in 1999 and a minimum value of 310,070 in 2003.

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 325,490
1962 325,490
1963 325,490
1964 325,490
1965 325,490
1966 325,490
1967 325,490
1968 325,490
1969 325,490
1970 325,490
1971 325,490
1972 325,490
1973 325,490
1974 325,490
1975 325,490
1976 325,490
1977 325,490
1978 325,490
1979 325,490
1980 325,490
1981 325,490
1982 325,490
1983 325,490
1984 325,490
1985 325,490
1986 325,490
1987 325,490
1988 325,490
1989 325,490
1990 325,490
1991 325,490
1992 325,490
1993 325,490
1994 325,490
1995 325,490
1996 325,490
1997 325,490
1998 325,490
1999 325,490
2000 311,060
2001 311,090
2002 310,550
2003 310,070
2004 310,070
2005 310,070
2006 310,070
2007 310,070
2008 310,070
2009 310,070
2010 310,070
2011 310,070
2012 310,070
2013 310,070
2014 310,070
2015 310,070
2016 310,070
2017 310,070
2018 310,070
2019 310,070
2020 310,070
2021 310,070

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 318,130
2000 318,130
2010 318,130

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 7,589
2000 7,589
2010 7,589

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use