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

Cape Verde
128.33 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Eswatini
152.09 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
162nd
Eswatini rank
160th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Eswatini
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How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 152.09 km² per grid cell against 128.33 km² per grid cell in Cape Verde, a difference of 23.76 km² per grid cell.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.2 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Eswatini ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 162nd and Eswatini ranks 160th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 28 and Eswatini in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Eswatini Difference Ahead
1000s 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell Eswatini
1100s 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell Eswatini
1200s 0 km² per grid cell 0.0001 km² per grid cell 0.0001 km² per grid cell Eswatini
1300s 0 km² per grid cell 0.0002 km² per grid cell 0.0002 km² per grid cell Eswatini
1400s 0 km² per grid cell 0.0007 km² per grid cell 0.0007 km² per grid cell Eswatini
1500s 0 km² per grid cell 0.0024 km² per grid cell 0.0024 km² per grid cell Eswatini
1600s 0.0311 km² per grid cell 0.0083 km² per grid cell 0.0228 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1700s 0.1867 km² per grid cell 0.0358 km² per grid cell 0.1509 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1710s 0.2743 km² per grid cell 0.0453 km² per grid cell 0.229 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1720s 0.3255 km² per grid cell 0.0552 km² per grid cell 0.2703 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1730s 0.3862 km² per grid cell 0.0664 km² per grid cell 0.3197 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1740s 0.4582 km² per grid cell 0.0794 km² per grid cell 0.3788 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1750s 0.5436 km² per grid cell 0.0941 km² per grid cell 0.4495 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1760s 0.645 km² per grid cell 0.111 km² per grid cell 0.534 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1770s 0.7653 km² per grid cell 0.1303 km² per grid cell 0.6351 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1780s 0.9081 km² per grid cell 0.1522 km² per grid cell 0.7559 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1790s 1.08 km² per grid cell 0.1771 km² per grid cell 0.9004 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1800s 1.28 km² per grid cell 0.2053 km² per grid cell 1.07 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1810s 1.52 km² per grid cell 0.2373 km² per grid cell 1.28 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1820s 1.8 km² per grid cell 0.2736 km² per grid cell 1.53 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1830s 2.14 km² per grid cell 0.3146 km² per grid cell 1.82 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1840s 2.53 km² per grid cell 0.361 km² per grid cell 2.17 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1850s 3.01 km² per grid cell 0.4133 km² per grid cell 2.59 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1860s 3.57 km² per grid cell 0.5005 km² per grid cell 3.07 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1870s 4.23 km² per grid cell 0.6062 km² per grid cell 3.63 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1880s 5.02 km² per grid cell 0.7341 km² per grid cell 4.29 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1890s 5.96 km² per grid cell 0.889 km² per grid cell 5.07 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1900s 7.07 km² per grid cell 1.08 km² per grid cell 5.99 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1910s 8.39 km² per grid cell 1.39 km² per grid cell 7 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1920s 9.95 km² per grid cell 1.77 km² per grid cell 8.18 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1930s 11.81 km² per grid cell 2.39 km² per grid cell 9.42 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1940s 14 km² per grid cell 2.48 km² per grid cell 11.52 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1950s 19.47 km² per grid cell 5.74 km² per grid cell 13.73 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1960s 24.43 km² per grid cell 12.8 km² per grid cell 11.63 km² per grid cell Cape Verde
1970s 21.41 km² per grid cell 24.61 km² per grid cell 3.21 km² per grid cell Eswatini
1980s 24.9 km² per grid cell 43.96 km² per grid cell 19.06 km² per grid cell Eswatini
1990s 45.75 km² per grid cell 66.38 km² per grid cell 20.63 km² per grid cell Eswatini
2000s 69.84 km² per grid cell 84.16 km² per grid cell 14.32 km² per grid cell Eswatini
2010s 98.2 km² per grid cell 109.06 km² per grid cell 10.86 km² per grid cell Eswatini
2020s 122.22 km² per grid cell 140.08 km² per grid cell 17.86 km² per grid cell Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Cape Verde or Eswatini?
Eswatini, at 152.09 km² per grid cell against 128.33 km² per grid cell in Cape Verde as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Cape Verde and Eswatini?
23.76 km² per grid cell, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Eswatini?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Cape Verde and Eswatini rank globally for urban area over the long-term?
Cape Verde ranks 162nd and Eswatini ranks 160th 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.