What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Cape Verde and Djibouti?

40.21 km² per grid cell, with Cape Verde ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Djibouti?

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.

Cape Verde vs Djibouti: Urban area over the long-term

Cape Verde

128.33 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Djibouti

88.12 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Cape Verde rank

162nd

Djibouti rank

165th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Cape Verde
Djibouti

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 128.33 km² per grid cell against 88.12 km² per grid cell in Djibouti, a difference of 40.21 km² per grid cell.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.5 times Djibouti's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Djibouti ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 162nd and Djibouti ranks 165th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 30 and Djibouti in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Djibouti	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1200s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1300s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0022 km² per grid cell	0.0022 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1400s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0073 km² per grid cell	0.0073 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1500s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0242 km² per grid cell	0.0242 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1600s	0.0311 km² per grid cell	0.0771 km² per grid cell	0.046 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1700s	0.1867 km² per grid cell	0.2449 km² per grid cell	0.0582 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1710s	0.2743 km² per grid cell	0.2815 km² per grid cell	0.0072 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1720s	0.3255 km² per grid cell	0.3113 km² per grid cell	0.0141 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1730s	0.3862 km² per grid cell	0.3444 km² per grid cell	0.0417 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1740s	0.4582 km² per grid cell	0.3812 km² per grid cell	0.077 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1750s	0.5436 km² per grid cell	0.4221 km² per grid cell	0.1215 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1760s	0.645 km² per grid cell	0.4677 km² per grid cell	0.1773 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1770s	0.7653 km² per grid cell	0.5185 km² per grid cell	0.2468 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1780s	0.9081 km² per grid cell	0.5753 km² per grid cell	0.3328 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1790s	1.08 km² per grid cell	0.6387 km² per grid cell	0.4387 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1800s	1.28 km² per grid cell	0.7097 km² per grid cell	0.5686 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1810s	1.52 km² per grid cell	0.7894 km² per grid cell	0.7274 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1820s	1.8 km² per grid cell	0.879 km² per grid cell	0.9206 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1830s	2.14 km² per grid cell	0.9801 km² per grid cell	1.16 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1840s	2.53 km² per grid cell	1.09 km² per grid cell	1.44 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1850s	3.01 km² per grid cell	1.64 km² per grid cell	1.37 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1860s	3.57 km² per grid cell	1.8 km² per grid cell	1.77 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1870s	4.23 km² per grid cell	1.97 km² per grid cell	2.26 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1880s	5.02 km² per grid cell	2.18 km² per grid cell	2.85 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1890s	5.96 km² per grid cell	2.4 km² per grid cell	3.55 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1900s	7.07 km² per grid cell	2.69 km² per grid cell	4.38 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1910s	8.39 km² per grid cell	2.94 km² per grid cell	5.45 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1920s	9.95 km² per grid cell	2.99 km² per grid cell	6.97 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1930s	11.81 km² per grid cell	2.99 km² per grid cell	8.82 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1940s	14 km² per grid cell	2.99 km² per grid cell	11.01 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1950s	19.47 km² per grid cell	3.04 km² per grid cell	16.43 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1960s	24.43 km² per grid cell	5.02 km² per grid cell	19.41 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1970s	21.41 km² per grid cell	11.77 km² per grid cell	9.64 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1980s	24.9 km² per grid cell	25.43 km² per grid cell	0.5257 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1990s	45.75 km² per grid cell	41.55 km² per grid cell	4.21 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
2000s	69.84 km² per grid cell	56.63 km² per grid cell	13.21 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
2010s	98.2 km² per grid cell	71.34 km² per grid cell	26.86 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
2020s	122.22 km² per grid cell	84.14 km² per grid cell	38.08 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Cape Verde or Djibouti?: Cape Verde, at 128.33 km² per grid cell against 88.12 km² per grid cell in Djibouti as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Cape Verde and Djibouti?: 40.21 km² per grid cell, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Djibouti?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Cape Verde and Djibouti rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Cape Verde ranks 162nd and Djibouti ranks 165th 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.