What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Costa Rica and Jordan?

56 km² per grid cell, with Jordan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Jordan?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

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.

Costa Rica vs Jordan: Urban area over the long-term

Costa Rica

1,053 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Jordan

1,109 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Costa Rica rank

93rd

Jordan rank

91st

Urban area over the long-term over time

Costa Rica
Jordan

How they compare

Jordan currently reports 1,109 km² per grid cell against 1,053 km² per grid cell in Costa Rica, a difference of 56 km² per grid cell.

That makes Jordan's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Jordan ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 93rd and Jordan ranks 91st of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 26 and Jordan in 14.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Jordan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0035 km² per grid cell	0.8389 km² per grid cell	0.8354 km² per grid cell	Jordan
1100s	0.0113 km² per grid cell	0.9171 km² per grid cell	0.9058 km² per grid cell	Jordan
1200s	0.0371 km² per grid cell	0.9985 km² per grid cell	0.9614 km² per grid cell	Jordan
1300s	0.1213 km² per grid cell	1.08 km² per grid cell	0.9617 km² per grid cell	Jordan
1400s	0.3971 km² per grid cell	0.827 km² per grid cell	0.4299 km² per grid cell	Jordan
1500s	1.3 km² per grid cell	1.09 km² per grid cell	0.206 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1600s	0.0693 km² per grid cell	1.14 km² per grid cell	1.08 km² per grid cell	Jordan
1700s	0.5912 km² per grid cell	0.9483 km² per grid cell	0.3571 km² per grid cell	Jordan
1710s	0.7206 km² per grid cell	1.11 km² per grid cell	0.3937 km² per grid cell	Jordan
1720s	0.854 km² per grid cell	1.22 km² per grid cell	0.369 km² per grid cell	Jordan
1730s	1.01 km² per grid cell	1.34 km² per grid cell	0.3301 km² per grid cell	Jordan
1740s	1.2 km² per grid cell	1.47 km² per grid cell	0.2736 km² per grid cell	Jordan
1750s	1.42 km² per grid cell	1.62 km² per grid cell	0.1953 km² per grid cell	Jordan
1760s	1.68 km² per grid cell	1.77 km² per grid cell	0.0899 km² per grid cell	Jordan
1770s	2 km² per grid cell	1.95 km² per grid cell	0.0488 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1780s	2.36 km² per grid cell	2.14 km² per grid cell	0.2284 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1790s	2.8 km² per grid cell	2.34 km² per grid cell	0.4577 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1800s	3.32 km² per grid cell	2.57 km² per grid cell	0.7477 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1810s	4.06 km² per grid cell	2.82 km² per grid cell	1.24 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1820s	4.97 km² per grid cell	3.1 km² per grid cell	1.87 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1830s	6.43 km² per grid cell	3.57 km² per grid cell	2.86 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1840s	8.43 km² per grid cell	4.12 km² per grid cell	4.31 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1850s	10.78 km² per grid cell	4.74 km² per grid cell	6.04 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1860s	13.49 km² per grid cell	5.45 km² per grid cell	8.04 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1870s	18.41 km² per grid cell	6.2 km² per grid cell	12.21 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1880s	24.8 km² per grid cell	8.18 km² per grid cell	16.62 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1890s	30.21 km² per grid cell	10.3 km² per grid cell	19.91 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1900s	36.09 km² per grid cell	12.09 km² per grid cell	24.01 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1910s	39.15 km² per grid cell	13.26 km² per grid cell	25.89 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1920s	41.27 km² per grid cell	13.58 km² per grid cell	27.68 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1930s	41.27 km² per grid cell	14.27 km² per grid cell	26.99 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1940s	49.15 km² per grid cell	16.06 km² per grid cell	33.09 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1950s	87.77 km² per grid cell	32.52 km² per grid cell	55.25 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1960s	132.09 km² per grid cell	71.19 km² per grid cell	60.9 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1970s	208.04 km² per grid cell	131.11 km² per grid cell	76.94 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1980s	317.71 km² per grid cell	219.39 km² per grid cell	98.32 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
1990s	498.08 km² per grid cell	417.44 km² per grid cell	80.63 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
2000s	712.16 km² per grid cell	586.16 km² per grid cell	126.01 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
2010s	881.12 km² per grid cell	816.84 km² per grid cell	64.28 km² per grid cell	Costa Rica
2020s	1,015 km² per grid cell	1,036 km² per grid cell	21.43 km² per grid cell	Jordan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Costa Rica or Jordan?: Jordan, at 1,109 km² per grid cell against 1,053 km² per grid cell in Costa Rica as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Costa Rica and Jordan?: 56 km² per grid cell, with Jordan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Jordan?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Costa Rica and Jordan rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Costa Rica ranks 93rd and Jordan ranks 91st 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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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: 07 August 2026

Total built-up area of a country over time.