Colombia vs Sweden: Urban area over the long-term

Colombia
2,817 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Sweden
2,988 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Colombia rank
45th
Sweden rank
42nd

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Colombia
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 2,988 km² per grid cell against 2,817 km² per grid cell in Colombia, a difference of 170.31 km² per grid cell.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Colombia ranks 45th and Sweden ranks 42nd of 202 countries.

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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

Total built-up area of a country over time.