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Number of countries, land area and urban land area of regions

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This dataset is about regions. It has 5 columns: region, continent, number of countries, land area, and urban land area. The data is ordered by population (descending).

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There are 5 fields used in this dataset (including filters):
  • Region: Name of region.
  • Continent: Continent in which the region is located.
  • Number Of Countries: Number of countries within the region.
  • Land Area: 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. This field is expressed in km².
  • Urban Land Area: 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. This field is expressed in km².

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This dataset is based on data from: World Bank

This dataset can be used under the CC BY 4.0 license

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