Rural land area of China in 2015 amounted to 8 723 723 km², which is 0.972% less than in 2000, when it was 8 809 353 km². Since 1990, the area of rural land has decreased in 1.02 times. The maximum of non-urbanized land in China recorded in 1990, when it reached 8 883 612 km².
Rural land area 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.
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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.
