Argentina vs Iran: Urban area over the long-term

Argentina
7,576 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Iran
8,281 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Argentina rank
20th
Iran rank
17th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Argentina
  • Iran
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How they compare

Iran currently reports 8,281 km² per grid cell against 7,576 km² per grid cell in Argentina, a difference of 704.7 km² per grid cell.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.1 times Argentina's.

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

Argentina ranks 20th and Iran ranks 17th of 202 countries.

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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
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Total built-up area of a country over time.