Congo vs Western Sahara: Urban area over the long-term

Congo
495.9 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Western Sahara
526.56 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Congo rank
125th
Western Sahara rank
122nd

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Congo
  • Western Sahara
0200400600100015122025

How they compare

Western Sahara currently reports 526.56 km² per grid cell against 495.9 km² per grid cell in Congo, a difference of 30.66 km² per grid cell.

That makes Western Sahara's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.

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

Congo ranks 125th and Western Sahara ranks 122nd 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.