The CIA World Factbook Edition 2011 Geography

Irrigated land In 33 editions of 36.

Irrigated land was published in 33 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1993 to 2025. The 2011 edition carries it in 248 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2011 edition
248
the first edition with it
1993
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Irrigated land” (1993 to 2025).

the entry has the field in that editionnot in that editionthe open editionEach entry below ends in its editions with Irrigated land, 1990 to 2025. Point at a year above to follow it down; choose one in a row to read that edition’s text there.

Entries with Irrigated land in each edition

19902000201020202025

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World

1 entry

World

3,245,566 sq km (2008 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

5,700 sq km (2008)

Angola

800 sq km (2008)

Benin

120 sq km (2008)

Botswana

20 sq km (2008)

Burkina Faso

300 sq km (2008)

Burundi

230 sq km (2008)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

30 sq km (2008)

Cameroon

290 sq km (2008)

Central African Republic

10 sq km (2008)

Chad

300 sq km (2008)

Comoros

NA

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

110 sq km (2008)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

20 sq km (2008)

Cote d'Ivoire

730 sq km (2008)

Djibouti

10 sq km (2008)

Egypt

35,300 sq km (2008)

Equatorial Guinea

NA

Eritrea

210 sq km (2008)

Swaziland now Eswatini

500 sq km (2008)

Ethiopia

2,900 sq km (2008)

Gabon

40 sq km (2008)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

20 sq km (2008)

Ghana

340 sq km (2008)

Guinea

950 sq km (2008)

Guinea-Bissau

250 sq km (2008)

Kenya

1,030 sq km (2008)

Lesotho

30 sq km (2008)

Liberia

30 sq km (2008)

Libya

4,700 sq km (2008)

Madagascar

10,860 sq km (2008)

Malawi

590 sq km (2008)

Mali

2,360 sq km (2008)

Mauritania

450 sq km (2008)

Mauritius

210 sq km (2008)

Mayotte

NA

Morocco

14,570 sq km (2008)

Mozambique

1,180 sq km (2008)

Namibia

80 sq km (2008)

Niger

740 sq km (2008)

Nigeria

2,930 sq km (2008)

Rwanda

90 sq km (2008)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

NA

Sao Tome and Principe

100 sq km (2008)

Senegal

1,200 sq km (2008)

Seychelles

3 sq km (2008)

Sierra Leone

300 sq km (2008)

Somalia

2,000 sq km (2008)

South Africa

14,980 sq km (2008)

Sudan

18,630 sq km (2008)

Tanzania

1,840 sq km (2008)

Togo

70 sq km (2008)

Tunisia

4,450 sq km (2008)

Uganda

90 sq km (2008)

Western Sahara

NA

Zambia

1,560 sq km (2008)

Zimbabwe

1,740 sq km (2008)

Antarctic Region

4 entries

Bouvet Island

0 sq km

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

0 sq km

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

0 sq km

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

0 sq km

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

NA

Iceland

NA

Jan Mayen

0 sq km

Svalbard

NA

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

31,990 sq km (2008)

Armenia

2,740 sq km (2008)

Azerbaijan

14,300 sq km (2008)

Bangladesh

50,500 sq km (2008)

Bhutan

400 sq km (2008)

British Indian Ocean Territory

0 sq km

China

641,410 sq km (2008)

Georgia

4,330 sq km (2008)

India

622,860 sq km (2008)

Japan

25,160 sq km (2008)

Kazakhstan

35,560 sq km (2008)

Korea, North now North Korea

14,600 sq km (2008)

Korea, South now South Korea

8,320 sq km (2008)

Kyrgyzstan

10,196 sq km (2008)

Maldives

NA

Mongolia

840 sq km (2008)

Nepal

11,680 sq km (2008)

Pakistan

198,700 sq km (2008)

Russia

43,460 sq km (2008)

Sri Lanka

5,700 sq km (2008)

Tajikistan

7,220 sq km (2008)

Turkmenistan

18,000 sq km (2008)

Uzbekistan

42,230 sq km (2008)

Central America and the Caribbean

30 entries

Anguilla

NA

Antigua and Barbuda

1.3 sq km (2008)

Aruba

  • NA (2008)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

10 sq km (2008)

Barbados

50 sq km (2008)

Belize

40 sq km (2008)

British Virgin Islands

NA

Cayman Islands

NA

Costa Rica

1,080 sq km (2008)

Cuba

8,700 sq km (2008)

Curacao

NA

Dominica

NA

Dominican Republic

2,750 sq km (2008)

El Salvador

450 sq km (2008)

Grenada

15 sq km (2008)

Guatemala

2,000 sq km (2008)

Haiti

920 sq km (2008)

Honduras

800 sq km (2008)

Jamaica

250 sq km (2008)

Montserrat

NA

Nicaragua

610 sq km (2008)

Panama

430 sq km (2008)

Puerto Rico

220 sq km (2008)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

0.2 sq km (2008)

Saint Lucia

30 sq km (2008)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

10 sq km (2008)

Sint Maarten

NA

Trinidad and Tobago

70 sq km (2008)

Turks and Caicos Islands

NA

Virgin Islands

1 sq km (2008)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

3,650 sq km (2008)

Andorra

NA

Austria

1,170 sq km (2008)

Belarus

1,310 sq km (2008)

Belgium

230 sq km (2008)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

30 sq km (2008)

Bulgaria

1,020 sq km (2008)

Croatia

310 sq km (2008)

Czech Republic now Czechia

390 sq km (2008)

Denmark

4,350 sq km (2008)

Estonia

40 sq km (2008)

European Union

182,913 sq km (2008 est.)

Faroe Islands

0 sq km

Finland

770 sq km (2008)

France

total:
26,950 sq km;
metropolitan France:
26,700 sq km (2008)

Germany

4,850 sq km (2008)

Gibraltar

NA

Greece

15,500 sq km (2008)

Guernsey

NA

Holy See (Vatican City)

0 sq km

Hungary

1,400 sq km (2008)

Ireland

NA

Isle of Man

0 sq km

Italy

39,500 sq km (2008)

Jersey

NA

Latvia

8 sq km

note: land in Latvia is often too wet and in need of drainage not irrigation; approximately 16,000 sq km or 85% of agricultural land has been improved by drainage (2008)

Liechtenstein

NA

Lithuania

13.4 sq km (2008)

Luxembourg

NA

Malta

32 sq km (2008)

Moldova

2,283 sq km (2008)

Monaco

NA

Montenegro

22 sq km (2008)

Netherlands

4,600 sq km (2008)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

1,280 sq km (2008)

Norway

1,180 sq km (2008)

Poland

1,160 sq km (2008)

Portugal

5,840 sq km (2008)

Romania

31,570 sq km (2008)

San Marino

NA

Serbia

890 sq km (2008)

Slovakia

1,660 sq km (2008)

Slovenia

100 sq km (2008)

Spain

38,000 sq km (2008)

Sweden

1,600 sq km (2008)

Switzerland

250 sq km (2008)

Ukraine

21,790 sq km (2008)

United Kingdom

1,950 sq km (2008)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

40 sq km (2008)

Cyprus

460 sq km (2008)

Gaza Strip

  • 180 sq km; note - includes West Bank (2008)

Iran

89,930 sq km (2008)

Iraq

35,250 sq km (2008)

Israel

2,250 sq km (2008)

Jordan

820 sq km (2008)

Kuwait

100 sq km (2008)

Lebanon

900 sq km (2008)

Oman

590 sq km (2008)

Qatar

130 sq km (2008)

Saudi Arabia

17,310 sq km (2008)

Syria

13,560 sq km (2008)

Turkey now Turkiye

52,150 sq km (2008)

United Arab Emirates

2,300 sq km (2008)

West Bank

  • 180 sq km; note - includes Gaza Strip (2003)

Yemen

6,800 sq km (2008)

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

  • NA (2008)

Canada

8,550 sq km (2008)

Clipperton Island

0 sq km

Mexico

63,000 sq km (2008)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA

United States

230,000 sq km (2008)

Oceania

27 entries

American Samoa

NA

Australia

25,500 sq km (2008)

Cook Islands

NA

Coral Sea Islands

0 sq km

Fiji

30 sq km (2008)

French Polynesia

10 sq km (2008)

Guam

2 sq km (2008)

Kiribati

NA

Marshall Islands

0 sq km

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

NA

Nauru

NA

New Caledonia

100 sq km (2008)

New Zealand

6,190 sq km (2008)

Niue

NA

Norfolk Island

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

1 sq km (2008)

Palau

NA

Papua New Guinea

NA

Pitcairn Islands

NA

Samoa

NA

Solomon Islands

NA

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

NA

Tuvalu

NA

Vanuatu

NA

Wake Island

0 sq km

Wallis and Futuna

NA

South America

13 entries

Argentina

15,500 sq km (2008)

Bolivia

1,500 sq km (2008)

Brazil

45,000 sq km (2008)

Chile

19,000 sq km (2008)

Colombia

9,000 sq km (2008)

Ecuador

8,650 sq km (2008)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

Guyana

1,500 sq km (2008)

Paraguay

670 sq km (2008)

Peru

11,950 sq km (2008)

Suriname

510 sq km (2008)

Uruguay

2,180 sq km (2008)

Venezuela

5,800 sq km (2008)

Southeast Asia

19 entries

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

0 sq km

Brunei

10 sq km (2008)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

22,500 sq km (2008)

Cambodia

2,850 sq km (2008)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA

Hong Kong

  • NA; note - included in the total for China (2008)

Indonesia

67,220 sq km (2008)

Laos

3,000 sq km (2008)

Macau

  • NA; note - included in the total for China (2008)

Malaysia

3,650 sq km (2008)

Paracel Islands

0 sq km

Philippines

152,500 sq km (2008)

Singapore

NA

Spratly Islands

0 sq km

Taiwan

NA

Thailand

64,150 sq km (2008)

Timor-Leste

140 sq km (2008)

Vietnam

46,000 sq km (2008)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2011, “Irrigated land”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/irrigated-land/2011.

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