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Correlation of land area and urban land area by country

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This scatter chart displays land area (km²) against urban land area (km²). The data is about countries.

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There are 2 fields used on this chart, including filters:

  • Land Area (km²): 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.
  • Urban Land Area (km²): 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.

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This chart is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders.

This chart can be used under the CC BY 4.0 license.