What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Bangladesh and East Timor?

99 km² per grid cell, with Bangladesh ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and East Timor?

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.

Bangladesh vs East Timor: Urban area over the long-term

Bangladesh

2,570 km² per grid cell

in 2025

East Timor

2,471 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Bangladesh rank

48th

East Timor rank

50th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Bangladesh
East Timor

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 2,570 km² per grid cell against 2,471 km² per grid cell in East Timor, a difference of 99 km² per grid cell.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 48th and East Timor ranks 50th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 3 and East Timor in 37.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0017 km² per grid cell	0.0015 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Bangladesh
1100s	0.0052 km² per grid cell	0.0057 km² per grid cell	0.0005 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1200s	0.0161 km² per grid cell	0.0214 km² per grid cell	0.0053 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1300s	0.0484 km² per grid cell	0.0802 km² per grid cell	0.0318 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1400s	0.1643 km² per grid cell	0.3006 km² per grid cell	0.1364 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1500s	0.5243 km² per grid cell	1.13 km² per grid cell	0.6031 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1600s	2.04 km² per grid cell	4.23 km² per grid cell	2.18 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1700s	7.55 km² per grid cell	15.85 km² per grid cell	8.3 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1710s	8.73 km² per grid cell	18.19 km² per grid cell	9.46 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1720s	9.76 km² per grid cell	20.29 km² per grid cell	10.53 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1730s	10.91 km² per grid cell	22.64 km² per grid cell	11.73 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1740s	12.19 km² per grid cell	25.25 km² per grid cell	13.06 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1750s	13.62 km² per grid cell	28.17 km² per grid cell	14.55 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1760s	15.22 km² per grid cell	31.42 km² per grid cell	16.2 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1770s	17.01 km² per grid cell	35.06 km² per grid cell	18.04 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1780s	19.01 km² per grid cell	39.1 km² per grid cell	20.09 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1790s	21.25 km² per grid cell	43.62 km² per grid cell	22.37 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1800s	23.75 km² per grid cell	48.66 km² per grid cell	24.91 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1810s	26.54 km² per grid cell	54.28 km² per grid cell	27.74 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1820s	30.07 km² per grid cell	64.62 km² per grid cell	34.55 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1830s	34.07 km² per grid cell	76.93 km² per grid cell	42.86 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1840s	38.6 km² per grid cell	91.58 km² per grid cell	52.98 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1850s	43.74 km² per grid cell	109.03 km² per grid cell	65.29 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1860s	49.56 km² per grid cell	129.8 km² per grid cell	80.24 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1870s	56.64 km² per grid cell	148.34 km² per grid cell	91.7 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1880s	64.73 km² per grid cell	169.53 km² per grid cell	104.8 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1890s	76.97 km² per grid cell	193.75 km² per grid cell	116.78 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1900s	90.96 km² per grid cell	221.43 km² per grid cell	130.47 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1910s	106.91 km² per grid cell	253.06 km² per grid cell	146.15 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1920s	125.08 km² per grid cell	288.71 km² per grid cell	163.63 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1930s	143.08 km² per grid cell	329.38 km² per grid cell	186.3 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1940s	163.22 km² per grid cell	375.78 km² per grid cell	212.56 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1950s	211.36 km² per grid cell	443.72 km² per grid cell	232.36 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1960s	276.42 km² per grid cell	565.66 km² per grid cell	289.24 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1970s	365.47 km² per grid cell	765.83 km² per grid cell	400.36 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1980s	568.44 km² per grid cell	746.03 km² per grid cell	177.59 km² per grid cell	East Timor
1990s	829.96 km² per grid cell	854.01 km² per grid cell	24.05 km² per grid cell	East Timor
2000s	1,207 km² per grid cell	1,191 km² per grid cell	16.39 km² per grid cell	Bangladesh
2010s	1,747 km² per grid cell	1,759 km² per grid cell	12.19 km² per grid cell	East Timor
2020s	2,366 km² per grid cell	2,352 km² per grid cell	14.05 km² per grid cell	Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Bangladesh or East Timor?: Bangladesh, at 2,570 km² per grid cell against 2,471 km² per grid cell in East Timor as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Bangladesh and East Timor?: 99 km² per grid cell, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and East Timor?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Bangladesh and East Timor rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Bangladesh ranks 48th and East Timor ranks 50th 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.