What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Afghanistan and Dominican Republic?

65.79 km² per grid cell, with Afghanistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Dominican Republic?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs Dominican Republic: Urban area over the long-term

Afghanistan

947.56 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Dominican Republic

881.77 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Afghanistan rank

96th

Dominican Republic rank

98th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Afghanistan
Dominican Republic

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 947.56 km² per grid cell against 881.77 km² per grid cell in Dominican Republic, a difference of 65.79 km² per grid cell.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Dominican Republic's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 96th and Dominican Republic ranks 98th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 33 and Dominican Republic in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Dominican Republic	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0005 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1100s	0.0015 km² per grid cell	0.0007 km² per grid cell	0.0008 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1200s	0.0046 km² per grid cell	0.0026 km² per grid cell	0.002 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1300s	0.0097 km² per grid cell	0.0097 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Dominican Republic
1400s	0.0312 km² per grid cell	0.0365 km² per grid cell	0.0053 km² per grid cell	Dominican Republic
1500s	0.0999 km² per grid cell	0.137 km² per grid cell	0.0371 km² per grid cell	Dominican Republic
1600s	0.3746 km² per grid cell	0.2005 km² per grid cell	0.1742 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1700s	1.12 km² per grid cell	0.6264 km² per grid cell	0.4974 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1710s	2.08 km² per grid cell	0.7352 km² per grid cell	1.34 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1720s	2.39 km² per grid cell	0.8388 km² per grid cell	1.55 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1730s	2.75 km² per grid cell	0.9569 km² per grid cell	1.8 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1740s	3.17 km² per grid cell	1.09 km² per grid cell	2.07 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1750s	3.64 km² per grid cell	1.25 km² per grid cell	2.4 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1760s	4.19 km² per grid cell	1.42 km² per grid cell	2.77 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1770s	4.82 km² per grid cell	1.62 km² per grid cell	3.2 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1780s	5.55 km² per grid cell	1.85 km² per grid cell	3.7 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1790s	6.38 km² per grid cell	2.11 km² per grid cell	4.27 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1800s	7.35 km² per grid cell	2.41 km² per grid cell	4.94 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1810s	8.45 km² per grid cell	2.75 km² per grid cell	5.71 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1820s	9.72 km² per grid cell	3.22 km² per grid cell	6.5 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1830s	11.3 km² per grid cell	3.78 km² per grid cell	7.52 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1840s	13.42 km² per grid cell	4.44 km² per grid cell	8.99 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1850s	15.94 km² per grid cell	5.2 km² per grid cell	10.74 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1860s	18.93 km² per grid cell	6.08 km² per grid cell	12.85 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1870s	22.48 km² per grid cell	8.63 km² per grid cell	13.85 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1880s	27.09 km² per grid cell	11.96 km² per grid cell	15.13 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1890s	33.01 km² per grid cell	15.89 km² per grid cell	17.12 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1900s	40.24 km² per grid cell	19.55 km² per grid cell	20.68 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1910s	49.03 km² per grid cell	21.67 km² per grid cell	27.37 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1920s	60 km² per grid cell	24.32 km² per grid cell	35.67 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1930s	72.73 km² per grid cell	28.36 km² per grid cell	44.38 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1940s	86.64 km² per grid cell	31.88 km² per grid cell	54.76 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1950s	116.91 km² per grid cell	58.89 km² per grid cell	58.02 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1960s	159.84 km² per grid cell	103.13 km² per grid cell	56.71 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1970s	211.91 km² per grid cell	184.47 km² per grid cell	27.44 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan
1980s	199.12 km² per grid cell	295.13 km² per grid cell	96.01 km² per grid cell	Dominican Republic
1990s	245.38 km² per grid cell	406.07 km² per grid cell	160.68 km² per grid cell	Dominican Republic
2000s	379.15 km² per grid cell	562.53 km² per grid cell	183.38 km² per grid cell	Dominican Republic
2010s	609.39 km² per grid cell	725.33 km² per grid cell	115.93 km² per grid cell	Dominican Republic
2020s	851.1 km² per grid cell	848.92 km² per grid cell	2.18 km² per grid cell	Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Afghanistan or Dominican Republic?: Afghanistan, at 947.56 km² per grid cell against 881.77 km² per grid cell in Dominican Republic as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Afghanistan and Dominican Republic?: 65.79 km² per grid cell, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Dominican Republic?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Afghanistan and Dominican Republic rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Afghanistan ranks 96th and Dominican Republic ranks 98th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Urban area over the long-term
Unit: km² per grid cell
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total built-up area of a country over time.