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Source:
SEDAC
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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.
Last available year 2015 2000 1990
All world
Europe
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Oceania
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Western Asia
East Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
West Africa
East Africa
Central Africa
North Africa
South Africa
North America (subregion)
South America (subregion)
Central America
Caribbean
Australia and New Zealand
Micronesia
Polynesia
Melanesia
United Nations (UN)
UN Security Council
The Group of Seven (G7)
Group of 20 (G20)
European Union (EU)
The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Inter-State Association BRICS
Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
North Atlantic Alliance (NATO)
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
League of Arab States (LAS)
African Union (AU)
Commonwealth of Nations
Benelux
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
Caribbean Community
Former USSR
MENA (Middle East & North Africa)
EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa)
APAC (Asia-Pacific)
LATAM
NA (North America)
Middle Eastern countries
The Persian Gulf countries
Arab countries
High income countries
Upper middle income countries
Lower middle income countries
Low income countries
Not Classified
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Fragile and conflict affected situations
Poorest countries
Federal States
Unitary states
Dependent territories
Parliamentary republics (power - prime minister)
Parliamentary republic (power - president)
Presidential republics (power - president)
Mixed republics (power - president and parliament)
Constitutional monarchies (power - prime minister)
Dualistic monarchies (power - monarch and parliament)
Absolute monarchies (power - monarch)
One-party systems
Countries of the Northern Hemisphere
Countries of the Southern Hemisphere
Countries on the equator
Countries of the Western Hemisphere
Countries of the Eastern Hemisphere
Non-UN members
Island countries
Landlocked countries
Small states
Countries with right-hand traffic
Countries with left-hand traffic
Total: 127.69 mln km²
Countries: 215
Primary data
In miles²
Percentage of land area
Density of rural population
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Treemap
Map
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Definition and methodology
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.
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