Germany vs India: Urban area over the long-term

Germany
27,052 km² per grid cell
in 2025
India
42,636 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Germany rank
5th
India rank
3rd

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Germany
  • India
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How they compare

India currently reports 42,636 km² per grid cell against 27,052 km² per grid cell in Germany, a difference of 15,584 km² per grid cell.

That makes India's figure about 1.6 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was India ahead.

Germany ranks 5th and India ranks 3rd 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.