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

34.21 km² per grid cell, with Turkmenistan ahead.

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

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 Turkmenistan: Urban area over the long-term

Croatia

736.15 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Turkmenistan

770.36 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Croatia rank

108th

Turkmenistan rank

105th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Croatia
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 770.36 km² per grid cell against 736.15 km² per grid cell in Croatia, a difference of 34.21 km² per grid cell.

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

Croatia ranks 108th and Turkmenistan ranks 105th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 39 and Turkmenistan in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0013 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0.0008 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1100s	0.004 km² per grid cell	0.0014 km² per grid cell	0.0026 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1200s	0.0128 km² per grid cell	0.0045 km² per grid cell	0.0082 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1300s	0.0403 km² per grid cell	0.0145 km² per grid cell	0.0258 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1400s	0.1267 km² per grid cell	0.0463 km² per grid cell	0.0804 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1500s	0.3979 km² per grid cell	0.1515 km² per grid cell	0.2463 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1600s	1.46 km² per grid cell	0.5304 km² per grid cell	0.9285 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1700s	4.38 km² per grid cell	1.76 km² per grid cell	2.61 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1710s	4.47 km² per grid cell	1.88 km² per grid cell	2.59 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1720s	4.66 km² per grid cell	1.98 km² per grid cell	2.67 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1730s	4.85 km² per grid cell	2.09 km² per grid cell	2.75 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1740s	5.04 km² per grid cell	2.21 km² per grid cell	2.83 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1750s	5.25 km² per grid cell	2.33 km² per grid cell	2.92 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1760s	5.46 km² per grid cell	2.46 km² per grid cell	3 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1770s	5.69 km² per grid cell	2.6 km² per grid cell	3.09 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1780s	5.92 km² per grid cell	2.78 km² per grid cell	3.14 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1790s	6.16 km² per grid cell	3.67 km² per grid cell	2.49 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1800s	6.41 km² per grid cell	4.84 km² per grid cell	1.57 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1810s	6.54 km² per grid cell	6.38 km² per grid cell	0.1613 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1820s	8.68 km² per grid cell	8.42 km² per grid cell	0.2542 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1830s	11.5 km² per grid cell	11.11 km² per grid cell	0.3908 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1840s	15.25 km² per grid cell	14.66 km² per grid cell	0.5923 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1850s	20.22 km² per grid cell	19.32 km² per grid cell	0.9016 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1860s	26.8 km² per grid cell	25.37 km² per grid cell	1.44 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1870s	37.13 km² per grid cell	32.96 km² per grid cell	4.17 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1880s	51.42 km² per grid cell	41.72 km² per grid cell	9.7 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1890s	71.14 km² per grid cell	50.18 km² per grid cell	20.96 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1900s	97.93 km² per grid cell	56.21 km² per grid cell	41.72 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1910s	132.2 km² per grid cell	59.15 km² per grid cell	73.05 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1920s	174.18 km² per grid cell	60.95 km² per grid cell	113.23 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1930s	207.46 km² per grid cell	64.8 km² per grid cell	142.65 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1940s	223.64 km² per grid cell	73.99 km² per grid cell	149.65 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1950s	248.56 km² per grid cell	105.49 km² per grid cell	143.07 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1960s	293.25 km² per grid cell	152.53 km² per grid cell	140.71 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1970s	379.59 km² per grid cell	213.28 km² per grid cell	166.31 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1980s	474.34 km² per grid cell	278.27 km² per grid cell	196.07 km² per grid cell	Croatia
1990s	541.79 km² per grid cell	369.63 km² per grid cell	172.16 km² per grid cell	Croatia
2000s	576.03 km² per grid cell	471.08 km² per grid cell	104.95 km² per grid cell	Croatia
2010s	645.7 km² per grid cell	607.25 km² per grid cell	38.46 km² per grid cell	Croatia
2020s	717.23 km² per grid cell	733.93 km² per grid cell	16.7 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Croatia or Turkmenistan?: Turkmenistan, at 770.36 km² per grid cell against 736.15 km² per grid cell in Croatia as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Croatia and Turkmenistan?: 34.21 km² per grid cell, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Turkmenistan?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Croatia and Turkmenistan rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Croatia ranks 108th and Turkmenistan ranks 105th 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.