Rural land area per country

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This area map of countries shows the sum of rural land area. The darker shades for each country indictate a higher sum of rural land area.

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Rural Land Area: 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. This metric is expressed in km².

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

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Updated: 16 days ago

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