Bhutan vs Equatorial Guinea: Urban area over the long-term

Bhutan
56.15 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
64.16 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Bhutan rank
172nd
Equatorial Guinea rank
170th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Bhutan
  • Equatorial Guinea
0204060100015122025

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 64.16 km² per grid cell against 56.15 km² per grid cell in Bhutan, a difference of 8.01 km² per grid cell.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.

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

Bhutan ranks 172nd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 170th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 20 and Equatorial Guinea in 20.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1000s 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1100s 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1200s 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1300s 0.0001 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0.0001 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1400s 0.0004 km² per grid cell 0.0001 km² per grid cell 0.0003 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1500s 0.0014 km² per grid cell 0.0003 km² per grid cell 0.0011 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1600s 0.0054 km² per grid cell 0.0009 km² per grid cell 0.0045 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1700s 0.0204 km² per grid cell 0.003 km² per grid cell 0.0174 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1710s 0.0254 km² per grid cell 0.0047 km² per grid cell 0.0208 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1720s 0.0284 km² per grid cell 0.0063 km² per grid cell 0.0221 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1730s 0.0316 km² per grid cell 0.0084 km² per grid cell 0.0232 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1740s 0.0353 km² per grid cell 0.0114 km² per grid cell 0.0239 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1750s 0.0394 km² per grid cell 0.0153 km² per grid cell 0.0241 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1760s 0.0439 km² per grid cell 0.0205 km² per grid cell 0.0234 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1770s 0.049 km² per grid cell 0.0276 km² per grid cell 0.0214 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1780s 0.0546 km² per grid cell 0.0372 km² per grid cell 0.0175 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1790s 0.061 km² per grid cell 0.05 km² per grid cell 0.011 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1800s 0.068 km² per grid cell 0.0672 km² per grid cell 0.0008 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1810s 0.0759 km² per grid cell 0.0903 km² per grid cell 0.0144 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1820s 0.0903 km² per grid cell 0.1214 km² per grid cell 0.0311 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1830s 0.1075 km² per grid cell 0.1631 km² per grid cell 0.0556 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1840s 0.128 km² per grid cell 0.2193 km² per grid cell 0.0913 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1850s 0.1524 km² per grid cell 0.2947 km² per grid cell 0.1423 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1860s 0.1814 km² per grid cell 0.417 km² per grid cell 0.2356 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1870s 0.2207 km² per grid cell 0.5892 km² per grid cell 0.3685 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1880s 0.2686 km² per grid cell 0.8365 km² per grid cell 0.5679 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1890s 0.3269 km² per grid cell 1.17 km² per grid cell 0.8409 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1900s 0.3978 km² per grid cell 1.39 km² per grid cell 0.9894 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1910s 0.484 km² per grid cell 1.46 km² per grid cell 0.9717 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1920s 0.6358 km² per grid cell 1.46 km² per grid cell 0.8271 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1930s 0.8329 km² per grid cell 1.7 km² per grid cell 0.865 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1940s 1.08 km² per grid cell 1.99 km² per grid cell 0.9143 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1950s 1.9 km² per grid cell 3.45 km² per grid cell 1.55 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1960s 3.49 km² per grid cell 5.09 km² per grid cell 1.6 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1970s 6.14 km² per grid cell 5.23 km² per grid cell 0.9069 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1980s 10.19 km² per grid cell 7.91 km² per grid cell 2.28 km² per grid cell Bhutan
1990s 14.26 km² per grid cell 15.48 km² per grid cell 1.22 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
2000s 23.49 km² per grid cell 25.14 km² per grid cell 1.65 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
2010s 37.64 km² per grid cell 42.4 km² per grid cell 4.76 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
2020s 51.31 km² per grid cell 59.41 km² per grid cell 8.11 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Bhutan or Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea, at 64.16 km² per grid cell against 56.15 km² per grid cell in Bhutan as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Bhutan and Equatorial Guinea?
8.01 km² per grid cell, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Equatorial Guinea?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Bhutan and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for urban area over the long-term?
Bhutan ranks 172nd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 170th 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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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.