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

95 km² per grid cell, with Egypt ahead.

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

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 Vietnam: Urban area over the long-term

Egypt

4,434 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Vietnam

4,339 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Egypt rank

33rd

Vietnam rank

36th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Egypt
Vietnam

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 4,434 km² per grid cell against 4,339 km² per grid cell in Vietnam, a difference of 95 km² per grid cell.

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

Egypt ranks 33rd and Vietnam ranks 36th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 33 and Vietnam in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Vietnam	Difference	Ahead
1000s	28.84 km² per grid cell	0.0012 km² per grid cell	28.84 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1100s	26.54 km² per grid cell	0.0049 km² per grid cell	26.53 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1200s	25.73 km² per grid cell	0.0179 km² per grid cell	25.72 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1300s	31.8 km² per grid cell	0.0639 km² per grid cell	31.74 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1400s	28.75 km² per grid cell	0.2219 km² per grid cell	28.53 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1500s	29.73 km² per grid cell	0.7566 km² per grid cell	28.97 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1600s	38.82 km² per grid cell	2.84 km² per grid cell	35.98 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1700s	36.44 km² per grid cell	10.21 km² per grid cell	26.22 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1710s	40.14 km² per grid cell	12.64 km² per grid cell	27.5 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1720s	42.96 km² per grid cell	15.09 km² per grid cell	27.87 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1730s	45.96 km² per grid cell	17.89 km² per grid cell	28.07 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1740s	49.14 km² per grid cell	21.09 km² per grid cell	28.05 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1750s	52.51 km² per grid cell	24.73 km² per grid cell	27.78 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1760s	56.07 km² per grid cell	28.87 km² per grid cell	27.2 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1770s	59.83 km² per grid cell	33.58 km² per grid cell	26.26 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1780s	63.81 km² per grid cell	38.92 km² per grid cell	24.88 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1790s	68 km² per grid cell	44.98 km² per grid cell	23.02 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1800s	72.4 km² per grid cell	51.84 km² per grid cell	20.56 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1810s	88.36 km² per grid cell	59.6 km² per grid cell	28.77 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1820s	106.7 km² per grid cell	68.36 km² per grid cell	38.34 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1830s	127.74 km² per grid cell	83.96 km² per grid cell	43.78 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1840s	151.81 km² per grid cell	101.91 km² per grid cell	49.9 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1850s	179.31 km² per grid cell	122.52 km² per grid cell	56.78 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1860s	174.9 km² per grid cell	146.13 km² per grid cell	28.76 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1870s	218.87 km² per grid cell	173.13 km² per grid cell	45.74 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1880s	273.61 km² per grid cell	229.28 km² per grid cell	44.33 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1890s	414.02 km² per grid cell	294.55 km² per grid cell	119.48 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1900s	537.88 km² per grid cell	370.17 km² per grid cell	167.71 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1910s	628.98 km² per grid cell	457.52 km² per grid cell	171.46 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1920s	667.48 km² per grid cell	536.57 km² per grid cell	130.91 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1930s	667.48 km² per grid cell	626.52 km² per grid cell	40.96 km² per grid cell	Egypt
1940s	667.48 km² per grid cell	728.74 km² per grid cell	61.26 km² per grid cell	Vietnam
1950s	692.91 km² per grid cell	1,032 km² per grid cell	338.64 km² per grid cell	Vietnam
1960s	927.06 km² per grid cell	1,604 km² per grid cell	677.16 km² per grid cell	Vietnam
1970s	1,228 km² per grid cell	2,272 km² per grid cell	1,044 km² per grid cell	Vietnam
1980s	1,634 km² per grid cell	2,606 km² per grid cell	971.47 km² per grid cell	Vietnam
1990s	2,108 km² per grid cell	2,626 km² per grid cell	517.6 km² per grid cell	Vietnam
2000s	2,579 km² per grid cell	2,694 km² per grid cell	114.87 km² per grid cell	Vietnam
2010s	3,327 km² per grid cell	3,201 km² per grid cell	126.26 km² per grid cell	Egypt
2020s	4,193 km² per grid cell	4,101 km² per grid cell	91.9 km² per grid cell	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Egypt or Vietnam?: Egypt, at 4,434 km² per grid cell against 4,339 km² per grid cell in Vietnam as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Egypt and Vietnam?: 95 km² per grid cell, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Vietnam?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Egypt and Vietnam rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Egypt ranks 33rd and Vietnam ranks 36th 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.