What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Azerbaijan and Syria?

12 km² per grid cell, with Syria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Syria?

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.

Azerbaijan vs Syria: Urban area over the long-term

Azerbaijan

1,594 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Syria

1,606 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Azerbaijan rank

77th

Syria rank

75th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Azerbaijan
Syria

How they compare

Syria currently reports 1,606 km² per grid cell against 1,594 km² per grid cell in Azerbaijan, a difference of 12 km² per grid cell.

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

Azerbaijan ranks 77th and Syria ranks 75th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 23 and Syria in 17.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Azerbaijan	Syria	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0005 km² per grid cell	2.27 km² per grid cell	2.27 km² per grid cell	Syria
1100s	0.0024 km² per grid cell	2.35 km² per grid cell	2.34 km² per grid cell	Syria
1200s	0.0097 km² per grid cell	2.42 km² per grid cell	2.41 km² per grid cell	Syria
1300s	0.0363 km² per grid cell	2.48 km² per grid cell	2.44 km² per grid cell	Syria
1400s	0.0872 km² per grid cell	1.94 km² per grid cell	1.85 km² per grid cell	Syria
1500s	0.327 km² per grid cell	2.03 km² per grid cell	1.7 km² per grid cell	Syria
1600s	1.18 km² per grid cell	2.31 km² per grid cell	1.13 km² per grid cell	Syria
1700s	4.12 km² per grid cell	2.27 km² per grid cell	1.85 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1710s	2.71 km² per grid cell	2.56 km² per grid cell	0.1576 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1720s	2.94 km² per grid cell	3 km² per grid cell	0.0594 km² per grid cell	Syria
1730s	3.18 km² per grid cell	3.52 km² per grid cell	0.3344 km² per grid cell	Syria
1740s	3.45 km² per grid cell	4.13 km² per grid cell	0.6789 km² per grid cell	Syria
1750s	3.74 km² per grid cell	4.84 km² per grid cell	1.11 km² per grid cell	Syria
1760s	4.05 km² per grid cell	5.68 km² per grid cell	1.63 km² per grid cell	Syria
1770s	4.39 km² per grid cell	6.67 km² per grid cell	2.28 km² per grid cell	Syria
1780s	4.5 km² per grid cell	7.82 km² per grid cell	3.33 km² per grid cell	Syria
1790s	6.09 km² per grid cell	9.18 km² per grid cell	3.09 km² per grid cell	Syria
1800s	8.24 km² per grid cell	10.77 km² per grid cell	2.52 km² per grid cell	Syria
1810s	11.16 km² per grid cell	12.63 km² per grid cell	1.47 km² per grid cell	Syria
1820s	15.12 km² per grid cell	14.81 km² per grid cell	0.3009 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1830s	20.47 km² per grid cell	18.01 km² per grid cell	2.46 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1840s	27.72 km² per grid cell	21.69 km² per grid cell	6.03 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1850s	37.53 km² per grid cell	26.12 km² per grid cell	11.41 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1860s	50.79 km² per grid cell	31.46 km² per grid cell	19.33 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1870s	68.58 km² per grid cell	37.89 km² per grid cell	30.69 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1880s	91.86 km² per grid cell	49.89 km² per grid cell	41.97 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1890s	120.25 km² per grid cell	64.74 km² per grid cell	55.51 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1900s	149.71 km² per grid cell	73.56 km² per grid cell	76.15 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1910s	172.4 km² per grid cell	81.56 km² per grid cell	90.84 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1920s	184.26 km² per grid cell	84.94 km² per grid cell	99.32 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1930s	191.66 km² per grid cell	84.94 km² per grid cell	106.71 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1940s	206.63 km² per grid cell	109.7 km² per grid cell	96.93 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1950s	285.87 km² per grid cell	123.16 km² per grid cell	162.71 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1960s	418.4 km² per grid cell	170.04 km² per grid cell	248.35 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1970s	569.11 km² per grid cell	261.65 km² per grid cell	307.46 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1980s	722.53 km² per grid cell	408.22 km² per grid cell	314.31 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
1990s	865.87 km² per grid cell	608.66 km² per grid cell	257.21 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
2000s	1,005 km² per grid cell	884.71 km² per grid cell	120.28 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
2010s	1,268 km² per grid cell	1,228 km² per grid cell	40.15 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan
2020s	1,527 km² per grid cell	1,508 km² per grid cell	19.24 km² per grid cell	Azerbaijan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Azerbaijan or Syria?: Syria, at 1,606 km² per grid cell against 1,594 km² per grid cell in Azerbaijan as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Azerbaijan and Syria?: 12 km² per grid cell, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Syria?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Azerbaijan and Syria rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Azerbaijan ranks 77th and Syria ranks 75th 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.