What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Fiji and Papua New Guinea?

16.55 km² per grid cell, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Papua New Guinea?

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.

Fiji vs Papua New Guinea: Urban area over the long-term

Fiji

152.36 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

168.91 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Fiji rank

159th

Papua New Guinea rank

156th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Fiji
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 168.91 km² per grid cell against 152.36 km² per grid cell in Fiji, a difference of 16.55 km² per grid cell.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Fiji's.

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

Fiji ranks 159th and Papua New Guinea ranks 156th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 30 and Papua New Guinea in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Fiji	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1100s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1200s	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0.001 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1300s	0.0007 km² per grid cell	0.0038 km² per grid cell	0.0031 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1400s	0.0024 km² per grid cell	0.012 km² per grid cell	0.0096 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1500s	0.0082 km² per grid cell	0.0378 km² per grid cell	0.0297 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1600s	0.0272 km² per grid cell	0.1185 km² per grid cell	0.0913 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1700s	0.0906 km² per grid cell	0.3626 km² per grid cell	0.272 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1710s	0.1584 km² per grid cell	0.1632 km² per grid cell	0.0048 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1720s	0.2001 km² per grid cell	0.1894 km² per grid cell	0.0107 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1730s	0.2528 km² per grid cell	0.2195 km² per grid cell	0.0332 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1740s	0.3193 km² per grid cell	0.254 km² per grid cell	0.0653 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1750s	0.4033 km² per grid cell	0.2933 km² per grid cell	0.11 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1760s	0.5094 km² per grid cell	0.338 km² per grid cell	0.1714 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1770s	0.6435 km² per grid cell	0.3885 km² per grid cell	0.255 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1780s	0.8128 km² per grid cell	0.4455 km² per grid cell	0.3673 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1790s	1.03 km² per grid cell	0.5095 km² per grid cell	0.5172 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1800s	1.3 km² per grid cell	0.5811 km² per grid cell	0.7158 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1810s	1.64 km² per grid cell	0.6609 km² per grid cell	0.9773 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1820s	2.08 km² per grid cell	0.7496 km² per grid cell	1.33 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1830s	2.63 km² per grid cell	0.8478 km² per grid cell	1.78 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1840s	3.33 km² per grid cell	0.9563 km² per grid cell	2.37 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1850s	4.22 km² per grid cell	1.08 km² per grid cell	3.14 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1860s	5.34 km² per grid cell	1.21 km² per grid cell	4.13 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1870s	6.63 km² per grid cell	1.35 km² per grid cell	5.28 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1880s	8.21 km² per grid cell	1.51 km² per grid cell	6.7 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1890s	10.23 km² per grid cell	1.69 km² per grid cell	8.55 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1900s	12.43 km² per grid cell	1.88 km² per grid cell	10.55 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1910s	14.23 km² per grid cell	2.09 km² per grid cell	12.14 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1920s	14.88 km² per grid cell	2.47 km² per grid cell	12.41 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1930s	14.89 km² per grid cell	2.92 km² per grid cell	11.97 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1940s	16.13 km² per grid cell	3.45 km² per grid cell	12.68 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1950s	20.06 km² per grid cell	6.27 km² per grid cell	13.79 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1960s	31.35 km² per grid cell	16.23 km² per grid cell	15.12 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1970s	45.01 km² per grid cell	39.56 km² per grid cell	5.45 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1980s	60.34 km² per grid cell	56.94 km² per grid cell	3.4 km² per grid cell	Fiji
1990s	81.34 km² per grid cell	73.16 km² per grid cell	8.18 km² per grid cell	Fiji
2000s	103.3 km² per grid cell	86.03 km² per grid cell	17.27 km² per grid cell	Fiji
2010s	128.24 km² per grid cell	114.81 km² per grid cell	13.43 km² per grid cell	Fiji
2020s	152.07 km² per grid cell	154 km² per grid cell	1.93 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Fiji or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 168.91 km² per grid cell against 152.36 km² per grid cell in Fiji as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Fiji and Papua New Guinea?: 16.55 km² per grid cell, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Papua New Guinea?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Fiji and Papua New Guinea rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Fiji ranks 159th and Papua New Guinea ranks 156th 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.