Bangladesh vs Colombia: Urban area over the long-term

Bangladesh
2,570 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Colombia
2,817 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
48th
Colombia rank
45th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Colombia
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How they compare

Colombia currently reports 2,817 km² per grid cell against 2,570 km² per grid cell in Bangladesh, a difference of 247.68 km² per grid cell.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 48th and Colombia ranks 45th 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
Last refreshed

Total built-up area of a country over time.