What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Egypt and Venezuela?

22 km² per grid cell, with Venezuela ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Venezuela?

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.

Egypt vs Venezuela: Urban area over the long-term

Egypt

4,434 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Venezuela

4,456 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Egypt rank

33rd

Venezuela rank

32nd

Urban area over the long-term over time

Egypt
Venezuela

How they compare

Venezuela currently reports 4,456 km² per grid cell against 4,434 km² per grid cell in Egypt, a difference of 22 km² per grid cell.

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

Egypt ranks 33rd and Venezuela ranks 32nd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 35 and Venezuela in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Venezuela	Difference	Ahead
1000s	28.84 km² per grid cell	0.0021 km² per grid cell	28.84 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1100s	26.54 km² per grid cell	0.0067 km² per grid cell	26.53 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1200s	25.73 km² per grid cell	0.0214 km² per grid cell	25.71 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1300s	31.8 km² per grid cell	0.0678 km² per grid cell	31.73 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1400s	28.75 km² per grid cell	0.2148 km² per grid cell	28.54 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1500s	29.73 km² per grid cell	0.6784 km² per grid cell	29.05 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1600s	38.82 km² per grid cell	2.04 km² per grid cell	36.79 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1700s	36.44 km² per grid cell	7.56 km² per grid cell	28.88 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1710s	40.14 km² per grid cell	8.56 km² per grid cell	31.58 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1720s	42.96 km² per grid cell	9.38 km² per grid cell	33.58 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1730s	45.96 km² per grid cell	10.22 km² per grid cell	35.75 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1740s	49.14 km² per grid cell	11.02 km² per grid cell	38.12 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1750s	52.51 km² per grid cell	11.76 km² per grid cell	40.75 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1760s	56.07 km² per grid cell	12.37 km² per grid cell	43.7 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1770s	59.83 km² per grid cell	12.81 km² per grid cell	47.03 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1780s	63.81 km² per grid cell	13.07 km² per grid cell	50.74 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1790s	68 km² per grid cell	13.15 km² per grid cell	54.84 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1800s	72.4 km² per grid cell	13.15 km² per grid cell	59.25 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1810s	88.36 km² per grid cell	13.15 km² per grid cell	75.21 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1820s	106.7 km² per grid cell	15.6 km² per grid cell	91.1 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1830s	127.74 km² per grid cell	18.82 km² per grid cell	108.92 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1840s	151.81 km² per grid cell	22.92 km² per grid cell	128.89 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1850s	179.31 km² per grid cell	28.27 km² per grid cell	151.03 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1860s	174.9 km² per grid cell	35.45 km² per grid cell	139.44 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1870s	218.87 km² per grid cell	41.5 km² per grid cell	177.37 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1880s	273.61 km² per grid cell	49.56 km² per grid cell	224.05 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1890s	414.02 km² per grid cell	61.01 km² per grid cell	353.02 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1900s	537.88 km² per grid cell	68.49 km² per grid cell	469.38 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1910s	628.98 km² per grid cell	76.42 km² per grid cell	552.56 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1920s	667.48 km² per grid cell	85.57 km² per grid cell	581.91 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1930s	667.48 km² per grid cell	124.04 km² per grid cell	543.44 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1940s	667.48 km² per grid cell	165.05 km² per grid cell	502.43 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1950s	692.91 km² per grid cell	374.95 km² per grid cell	317.96 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1960s	927.06 km² per grid cell	686.84 km² per grid cell	240.22 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1970s	1,228 km² per grid cell	1,154 km² per grid cell	74.2 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1980s	1,634 km² per grid cell	1,711 km² per grid cell	76.28 km² per grid cell	Venezuela
1990s	2,108 km² per grid cell	2,355 km² per grid cell	246.42 km² per grid cell	Venezuela
2000s	2,579 km² per grid cell	3,070 km² per grid cell	491.23 km² per grid cell	Venezuela
2010s	3,327 km² per grid cell	3,769 km² per grid cell	441.88 km² per grid cell	Venezuela
2020s	4,193 km² per grid cell	4,301 km² per grid cell	107.99 km² per grid cell	Venezuela

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Egypt or Venezuela?: Venezuela, at 4,456 km² per grid cell against 4,434 km² per grid cell in Egypt as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Egypt and Venezuela?: 22 km² per grid cell, with Venezuela ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Venezuela?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Egypt and Venezuela rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Egypt ranks 33rd and Venezuela ranks 32nd 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.