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Congo vs Sri Lanka: Urban area over the long-term

Congo
495.9 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Sri Lanka
481.3 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Congo rank
125th
Sri Lanka rank
126th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Congo
  • Sri Lanka
0100200300400500100015122025

How they compare

Congo currently reports 495.9 km² per grid cell against 481.3 km² per grid cell in Sri Lanka, a difference of 14.6 km² per grid cell.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Congo ranks 125th and Sri Lanka ranks 126th 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
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Total built-up area of a country over time.