What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Brunei and Guinea-Bissau?

3.69 km² per grid cell, with Brunei ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Guinea-Bissau?

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.

Brunei vs Guinea-Bissau: Urban area over the long-term

Brunei

244.05 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Guinea-Bissau

240.36 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Brunei rank

151st

Guinea-Bissau rank

152nd

Urban area over the long-term over time

Brunei
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Brunei currently reports 244.05 km² per grid cell against 240.36 km² per grid cell in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 3.69 km² per grid cell.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Brunei ranks 151st and Guinea-Bissau ranks 152nd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 5 and Guinea-Bissau in 35.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brunei	Guinea-Bissau	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1100s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1200s	0.0007 km² per grid cell	0.0013 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1300s	0.0023 km² per grid cell	0.0046 km² per grid cell	0.0023 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1400s	0.0075 km² per grid cell	0.0156 km² per grid cell	0.0082 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1500s	0.0187 km² per grid cell	0.0536 km² per grid cell	0.035 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1600s	0.07 km² per grid cell	0.1838 km² per grid cell	0.1138 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1700s	0.2519 km² per grid cell	0.6302 km² per grid cell	0.3783 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1710s	0.2944 km² per grid cell	0.7209 km² per grid cell	0.4265 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1720s	0.3518 km² per grid cell	0.8023 km² per grid cell	0.4505 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1730s	0.4203 km² per grid cell	0.8935 km² per grid cell	0.4731 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1740s	0.5022 km² per grid cell	0.9958 km² per grid cell	0.4935 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1750s	0.6001 km² per grid cell	1.11 km² per grid cell	0.5106 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1760s	0.7169 km² per grid cell	1.24 km² per grid cell	0.5231 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1770s	0.8566 km² per grid cell	1.39 km² per grid cell	0.5292 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1780s	1.02 km² per grid cell	1.55 km² per grid cell	0.5271 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1790s	1.22 km² per grid cell	1.74 km² per grid cell	0.5142 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1800s	1.46 km² per grid cell	1.95 km² per grid cell	0.4877 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1810s	1.75 km² per grid cell	2.19 km² per grid cell	0.4442 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1820s	2.01 km² per grid cell	2.47 km² per grid cell	0.4528 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1830s	2.32 km² per grid cell	2.78 km² per grid cell	0.4612 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1840s	2.68 km² per grid cell	3.15 km² per grid cell	0.471 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1850s	3.08 km² per grid cell	5.22 km² per grid cell	2.13 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1860s	3.56 km² per grid cell	5.89 km² per grid cell	2.33 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1870s	3.97 km² per grid cell	6.71 km² per grid cell	2.74 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1880s	4.44 km² per grid cell	7.88 km² per grid cell	3.44 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1890s	5.19 km² per grid cell	9.26 km² per grid cell	4.07 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1900s	6.01 km² per grid cell	10.87 km² per grid cell	4.86 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1910s	6.8 km² per grid cell	12.77 km² per grid cell	5.97 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1920s	7.25 km² per grid cell	14.84 km² per grid cell	7.59 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1930s	8.58 km² per grid cell	18.87 km² per grid cell	10.28 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1940s	8.72 km² per grid cell	23.74 km² per grid cell	15.02 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1950s	11.79 km² per grid cell	37.6 km² per grid cell	25.81 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1960s	24.66 km² per grid cell	44.52 km² per grid cell	19.86 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1970s	44.35 km² per grid cell	44.52 km² per grid cell	0.1684 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1980s	64.53 km² per grid cell	45 km² per grid cell	19.53 km² per grid cell	Brunei
1990s	98.84 km² per grid cell	62.09 km² per grid cell	36.76 km² per grid cell	Brunei
2000s	141.22 km² per grid cell	83.27 km² per grid cell	57.95 km² per grid cell	Brunei
2010s	189.36 km² per grid cell	119.25 km² per grid cell	70.1 km² per grid cell	Brunei
2020s	230.75 km² per grid cell	212.23 km² per grid cell	18.52 km² per grid cell	Brunei

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Brunei or Guinea-Bissau?: Brunei, at 244.05 km² per grid cell against 240.36 km² per grid cell in Guinea-Bissau as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Brunei and Guinea-Bissau?: 3.69 km² per grid cell, with Brunei ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Guinea-Bissau?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Brunei and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Brunei ranks 151st and Guinea-Bissau ranks 152nd 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.