Comoros vs Equatorial Guinea: Urban area over the long-term

Comoros
68.99 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
64.16 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Comoros rank
169th
Equatorial Guinea rank
170th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Comoros
  • Equatorial Guinea
0204060100015122025

How they compare

Comoros currently reports 68.99 km² per grid cell against 64.16 km² per grid cell in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 4.83 km² per grid cell.

That makes Comoros's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

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

Comoros ranks 169th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 170th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 39 and Equatorial Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Comoros Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1000s 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell Comoros
1100s 0.0001 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0.0001 km² per grid cell Comoros
1200s 0.0002 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0.0002 km² per grid cell Comoros
1300s 0.0007 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0.0007 km² per grid cell Comoros
1400s 0.0024 km² per grid cell 0.0001 km² per grid cell 0.0023 km² per grid cell Comoros
1500s 0.008 km² per grid cell 0.0003 km² per grid cell 0.0077 km² per grid cell Comoros
1600s 0.0301 km² per grid cell 0.0009 km² per grid cell 0.0291 km² per grid cell Comoros
1700s 0.1082 km² per grid cell 0.003 km² per grid cell 0.1052 km² per grid cell Comoros
1710s 0.1237 km² per grid cell 0.0047 km² per grid cell 0.1191 km² per grid cell Comoros
1720s 0.1452 km² per grid cell 0.0063 km² per grid cell 0.1389 km² per grid cell Comoros
1730s 0.1704 km² per grid cell 0.0084 km² per grid cell 0.1619 km² per grid cell Comoros
1740s 0.1999 km² per grid cell 0.0114 km² per grid cell 0.1886 km² per grid cell Comoros
1750s 0.2346 km² per grid cell 0.0153 km² per grid cell 0.2193 km² per grid cell Comoros
1760s 0.2753 km² per grid cell 0.0205 km² per grid cell 0.2547 km² per grid cell Comoros
1770s 0.3231 km² per grid cell 0.0276 km² per grid cell 0.2954 km² per grid cell Comoros
1780s 0.3791 km² per grid cell 0.0372 km² per grid cell 0.3419 km² per grid cell Comoros
1790s 0.4449 km² per grid cell 0.05 km² per grid cell 0.3949 km² per grid cell Comoros
1800s 0.522 km² per grid cell 0.0672 km² per grid cell 0.4549 km² per grid cell Comoros
1810s 0.6126 km² per grid cell 0.0903 km² per grid cell 0.5223 km² per grid cell Comoros
1820s 0.7188 km² per grid cell 0.1214 km² per grid cell 0.5975 km² per grid cell Comoros
1830s 0.8435 km² per grid cell 0.1631 km² per grid cell 0.6804 km² per grid cell Comoros
1840s 0.9899 km² per grid cell 0.2193 km² per grid cell 0.7706 km² per grid cell Comoros
1850s 1.16 km² per grid cell 0.2947 km² per grid cell 0.8669 km² per grid cell Comoros
1860s 1.36 km² per grid cell 0.417 km² per grid cell 0.9461 km² per grid cell Comoros
1870s 1.6 km² per grid cell 0.5892 km² per grid cell 1.01 km² per grid cell Comoros
1880s 1.88 km² per grid cell 0.8365 km² per grid cell 1.04 km² per grid cell Comoros
1890s 2.2 km² per grid cell 1.17 km² per grid cell 1.03 km² per grid cell Comoros
1900s 2.56 km² per grid cell 1.39 km² per grid cell 1.17 km² per grid cell Comoros
1910s 2.91 km² per grid cell 1.46 km² per grid cell 1.45 km² per grid cell Comoros
1920s 3.1 km² per grid cell 1.46 km² per grid cell 1.64 km² per grid cell Comoros
1930s 3.1 km² per grid cell 1.7 km² per grid cell 1.4 km² per grid cell Comoros
1940s 3.1 km² per grid cell 1.99 km² per grid cell 1.11 km² per grid cell Comoros
1950s 3.36 km² per grid cell 3.45 km² per grid cell 0.0909 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1960s 5.92 km² per grid cell 5.09 km² per grid cell 0.8265 km² per grid cell Comoros
1970s 9.21 km² per grid cell 5.23 km² per grid cell 3.97 km² per grid cell Comoros
1980s 15.43 km² per grid cell 7.91 km² per grid cell 7.52 km² per grid cell Comoros
1990s 23.91 km² per grid cell 15.48 km² per grid cell 8.42 km² per grid cell Comoros
2000s 32.58 km² per grid cell 25.14 km² per grid cell 7.45 km² per grid cell Comoros
2010s 46.61 km² per grid cell 42.4 km² per grid cell 4.21 km² per grid cell Comoros
2020s 62.78 km² per grid cell 59.41 km² per grid cell 3.36 km² per grid cell Comoros

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Comoros or Equatorial Guinea?
Comoros, at 68.99 km² per grid cell against 64.16 km² per grid cell in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Comoros and Equatorial Guinea?
4.83 km² per grid cell, with Comoros ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Equatorial Guinea?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Comoros and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for urban area over the long-term?
Comoros ranks 169th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 170th 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.