China vs India: Urban area over the long-term
China
89,331 km² per grid cell
in 2025
India
42,636 km² per grid cell
in 2025
China rank
2nd
India rank
3rd
Urban area over the long-term over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 89,331 km² per grid cell against 42,636 km² per grid cell in India, a difference of 46,695 km² per grid cell.
That makes China's figure about 2.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was India ahead.
China ranks 2nd and India ranks 3rd of 202 countries.
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About this data
Total built-up area of a country over time.