Eritrea vs Laos: Urban area over the long-term

Eritrea
155.22 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Laos
201.75 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Eritrea rank
157th
Laos rank
154th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Eritrea
  • Laos
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How they compare

Laos currently reports 201.75 km² per grid cell against 155.22 km² per grid cell in Eritrea, a difference of 46.54 km² per grid cell.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.3 times Eritrea's.

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

Eritrea ranks 157th and Laos ranks 154th of 202 countries.

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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
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Total built-up area of a country over time.