What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Croatia and Kyrgyzstan?

59.02 km² per grid cell, with Croatia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Kyrgyzstan?

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.

Croatia vs Kyrgyzstan: Urban area over the long-term

Croatia

736.15 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Kyrgyzstan

677.13 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Croatia rank

108th

Kyrgyzstan rank

111th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Croatia
Kyrgyzstan

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 736.15 km² per grid cell against 677.13 km² per grid cell in Kyrgyzstan, a difference of 59.02 km² per grid cell.

That makes Croatia's figure about 1.1 times Kyrgyzstan's.

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

Croatia ranks 108th and Kyrgyzstan ranks 111th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 34 and Kyrgyzstan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Kyrgyzstan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0013 km² per grid cell	0.0008 km² per grid cell	0.0005 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1100s	0.004 km² per grid cell	0.0026 km² per grid cell	0.0014 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1200s	0.0128 km² per grid cell	0.0084 km² per grid cell	0.0043 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1300s	0.0403 km² per grid cell	0.027 km² per grid cell	0.0132 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1400s	0.1267 km² per grid cell	0.0863 km² per grid cell	0.0404 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1500s	0.3979 km² per grid cell	0.2747 km² per grid cell	0.1232 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1600s	1.46 km² per grid cell	0.9418 km² per grid cell	0.517 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1700s	4.38 km² per grid cell	3.18 km² per grid cell	1.2 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1710s	4.47 km² per grid cell	3.36 km² per grid cell	1.12 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1720s	4.66 km² per grid cell	3.54 km² per grid cell	1.11 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1730s	4.85 km² per grid cell	3.74 km² per grid cell	1.11 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1740s	5.04 km² per grid cell	3.95 km² per grid cell	1.1 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1750s	5.25 km² per grid cell	4.17 km² per grid cell	1.08 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1760s	5.46 km² per grid cell	4.4 km² per grid cell	1.06 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1770s	5.69 km² per grid cell	4.64 km² per grid cell	1.04 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1780s	5.92 km² per grid cell	4.9 km² per grid cell	1.02 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1790s	6.16 km² per grid cell	5.17 km² per grid cell	0.9868 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1800s	6.41 km² per grid cell	5.09 km² per grid cell	1.32 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1810s	6.54 km² per grid cell	6.71 km² per grid cell	0.17 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1820s	8.68 km² per grid cell	8.86 km² per grid cell	0.183 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1830s	11.5 km² per grid cell	11.69 km² per grid cell	0.1866 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1840s	15.25 km² per grid cell	15.42 km² per grid cell	0.1733 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1850s	20.22 km² per grid cell	20.35 km² per grid cell	0.13 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1860s	26.8 km² per grid cell	26.83 km² per grid cell	0.0266 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1870s	37.13 km² per grid cell	35.3 km² per grid cell	1.83 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1880s	51.42 km² per grid cell	46.07 km² per grid cell	5.35 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1890s	71.14 km² per grid cell	58.77 km² per grid cell	12.37 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1900s	97.93 km² per grid cell	71.28 km² per grid cell	26.65 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1910s	132.2 km² per grid cell	79.98 km² per grid cell	52.22 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1920s	174.18 km² per grid cell	83.29 km² per grid cell	90.89 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1930s	207.46 km² per grid cell	84.42 km² per grid cell	123.04 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1940s	223.64 km² per grid cell	88.68 km² per grid cell	134.96 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1950s	248.56 km² per grid cell	123.28 km² per grid cell	125.27 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1960s	293.25 km² per grid cell	193.03 km² per grid cell	100.22 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1970s	379.59 km² per grid cell	271.97 km² per grid cell	107.63 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1980s	474.34 km² per grid cell	347.78 km² per grid cell	126.56 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1990s	541.79 km² per grid cell	402.52 km² per grid cell	139.27 km² per grid cell	Croatia
2000s	576.03 km² per grid cell	447 km² per grid cell	129.02 km² per grid cell	Croatia
2010s	645.7 km² per grid cell	536.1 km² per grid cell	109.6 km² per grid cell	Croatia
2020s	717.23 km² per grid cell	643.17 km² per grid cell	74.06 km² per grid cell	Croatia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Croatia or Kyrgyzstan?: Croatia, at 736.15 km² per grid cell against 677.13 km² per grid cell in Kyrgyzstan as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Croatia and Kyrgyzstan?: 59.02 km² per grid cell, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Kyrgyzstan?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Croatia and Kyrgyzstan rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Croatia ranks 108th and Kyrgyzstan ranks 111th 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.