WORLD TABLE OF AREAS, BY COUNTRY

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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
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• Publication Date: October 8, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

ERA, nmLLIGFNCE AGE
OFFICE OF RESEARCU AID REPORTS
Pro pct 3Pro osa]L. M randum
Project Review Committee
Geographic Area, ORR
FROM: Chief, D/GG
1. Subject of Proposed. Project:
PN-1187
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World Table of Areas, by Country.
2. Statement of Project:
Problem: To prepare lists of all political units of
the world showing total.area of each and area
of arable land, for comparison of orbit area
with Wiestern Bloc area and other areas.
Outline : List would be by country under four headings :
1. Soviet orbit countries
2, Western Bloc countries
3. Dependencies of
. All other political units
3 Needfor : Oral request from Economic
Research Staff, ORR. To be used. in preparation of graphics
'or comparative study.
I
4. Reffiponsl Branch: Territorial Studies Responsible AnDaYst:
Cooperation Desired from other Divisons of ORR: A check use made
with B7 Ag. of D for eaceble land figures. They do not have
the information but would like to receive the date we dig up.
Man Hours Rem to Complete Project:
6. Estimated
Producing Division: 40
7. Gra hica or Maps: Not for this project directly. Graphics will be
requested for the over-all comparative study by the appropriate
ORR Analysts .
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1. Area fii a on tabjes am.:rl th aatads of square k :.le r to s.
2. The statistics given under the aME~ co1WAn on the tab1e3 refer to
total area.
Statistic given in the last feur coi a do .o c rise thg-h
Co of t of a co wn t total
Data not av e,i abie or In .Ubl gmOwbi7
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SOVIET EL C R S
P
WESTERN BLOC C S
.A D 'mcles
CL's HABITABLE AREAS
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Africa (cont'd)
Souther-4 Rhode a is
Swaziland
Uganda
Z Snzibac & Pemba
Trusts
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C=TRY AREA
W IMEDCH (cont'd)
Saut1n Arica
British Guiana 2'15
Falkland Is a 13
Asia
Aden Colony
Aden Protectorate
Brunei
North Borneo
Sarawak
Cyprus
Federation of
Malays
Hong Kong
Maldive Is.
Singapore
Oceania
British Solomon Is-
Fiji Is.
Gilbert and
Ellice Is.
Pitcarin
Tong.
Ilebrires
(AnLio-7rrenwh )
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COUNTRY
AREA
ARABLE LAND.
FALLOW AND
ORCHARDS
PE0+iA1f1EWT
2+ ADOW AND
PASTURE
FORESTS
UNtS ;D BUT
FO`s";? N T a P LLT
PROLUCTIVE
Other a-al,itable Areas
AFRI CA
6
6
Egypt
1,7000
25,
25
.
Ethiopia
1,181L
11.3
589
h2
81.. 6
(Er:F.trea)
(124)
(3)
(89)
(12)
(1Q6)
X.ib.er.a
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18
2o6
39
27
Libyi
1,760
m
Union of South
~1
Bi0
37
Afrt r,.-& -
12224
spaj)"E'A Morocco
?4mBasions in
No, Africa
I48
9
5
,penif inea
28
Spk,'Yii i. Sahara.
209
20
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t,her ,abl y 1e Area
ASIA
Ceylon
Indones
ra
Iraq
Isrme1
Jordan
Korea
((So. Korea.)
Kvrmt
l acat ;j On
31. - 70
207
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TABLE If
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COati
67
16
49
i 6 a2 550
1.83. 35 56 39
36 8 .6 21
512 47 .326
15
195
Aua ,ra is 7 x70. 3.85 ,650 P-00
New Ze< and 268 5 :127 779
AU I.A.
Nax?foik msland? ,035.
Pam
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Argentina
.5
2,808 300
1.1099 3
33
350
48
1 3 52 486
#70
Brazil 8,516 188 1,326 3x959 29
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TABLE IV
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ADAM LUD., PERRE iT UN(JS I BVTP
FAT LMI AND MEADOW AND P iTIAI Y
COI A ORCR S PASTURE POSTS PRCDw1?m-
SOiJH A14KtICA (corit ? )
Chile
742
58
68
163
Colomb':F.a
1,138
24
389
600
Ecuador
275
30
17
150
23
Paraguay
407
15
84
Peru
1,2~?g
-i6
150
700
Uruguay
Venezuela
187
912
1~a0
138
5
36
2
NORM l+ICA
Coasta Rica 51
Cuba 11.4
Dominic -en 50
El Salvador 3J.
Guate .1a
Haiti
109
20 39 30
7
5
14
28 5
Hondu-ea 115
Mexico
Nicaragua
Pane a
EUROPE
Andorra
Austria,
Finland
Ireland
1,969
148
74
15
7
.45
84 17
337 25
34
7 2
20
970
3
40
72
17
48
450
. 6k
90
32
30 u4
5 216
70 13 34 1
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outh Wes'- Africa
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.05 .05
191
440
41
38
4.3
235
9
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w TOTAL '
-ARMUZ , PS ' MUSE BUT
MARDS PARINME
1338?1305-5 12,880?629 228425a3 37p87502b 3s446,,6
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