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

144 km² per grid cell, with Ghana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana 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.

Ghana vs Venezuela: Urban area over the long-term

Ghana

4,600 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Venezuela

4,456 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Ghana rank

30th

Venezuela rank

32nd

Urban area over the long-term over time

Ghana
Venezuela

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 4,600 km² per grid cell against 4,456 km² per grid cell in Venezuela, a difference of 144 km² per grid cell.

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

Ghana ranks 30th and Venezuela ranks 32nd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 31 and Venezuela in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Venezuela	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.004 km² per grid cell	0.0021 km² per grid cell	0.0019 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1100s	0.0137 km² per grid cell	0.0067 km² per grid cell	0.007 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1200s	0.0471 km² per grid cell	0.0214 km² per grid cell	0.0258 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1300s	0.1615 km² per grid cell	0.0678 km² per grid cell	0.0937 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1400s	0.5537 km² per grid cell	0.2148 km² per grid cell	0.3389 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1500s	1.9 km² per grid cell	0.6784 km² per grid cell	1.22 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1600s	6.51 km² per grid cell	2.04 km² per grid cell	4.47 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1700s	22.32 km² per grid cell	7.56 km² per grid cell	14.76 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1710s	24.89 km² per grid cell	8.56 km² per grid cell	16.33 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1720s	26.99 km² per grid cell	9.38 km² per grid cell	17.6 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1730s	29.25 km² per grid cell	10.22 km² per grid cell	19.04 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1740s	31.71 km² per grid cell	11.02 km² per grid cell	20.69 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1750s	34.37 km² per grid cell	11.76 km² per grid cell	22.61 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1760s	37.24 km² per grid cell	12.37 km² per grid cell	24.88 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1770s	40.35 km² per grid cell	12.81 km² per grid cell	27.54 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1780s	43.72 km² per grid cell	13.07 km² per grid cell	30.65 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1790s	47.36 km² per grid cell	13.15 km² per grid cell	34.21 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1800s	51.3 km² per grid cell	13.15 km² per grid cell	38.14 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1810s	55.56 km² per grid cell	13.15 km² per grid cell	42.4 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1820s	60.16 km² per grid cell	15.6 km² per grid cell	44.56 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1830s	65.14 km² per grid cell	18.82 km² per grid cell	46.32 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1840s	70.52 km² per grid cell	22.92 km² per grid cell	47.6 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1850s	76.33 km² per grid cell	28.27 km² per grid cell	48.05 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1860s	88.28 km² per grid cell	35.45 km² per grid cell	52.83 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1870s	101.94 km² per grid cell	41.5 km² per grid cell	60.44 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1880s	118.39 km² per grid cell	49.56 km² per grid cell	68.83 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1890s	136.61 km² per grid cell	61.01 km² per grid cell	75.6 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1900s	151.6 km² per grid cell	68.49 km² per grid cell	83.11 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1910s	155.9 km² per grid cell	76.42 km² per grid cell	79.49 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1920s	155.9 km² per grid cell	85.57 km² per grid cell	70.34 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1930s	155.9 km² per grid cell	124.04 km² per grid cell	31.86 km² per grid cell	Ghana
1940s	155.9 km² per grid cell	165.05 km² per grid cell	9.15 km² per grid cell	Venezuela
1950s	213.54 km² per grid cell	374.95 km² per grid cell	161.41 km² per grid cell	Venezuela
1960s	388.93 km² per grid cell	686.84 km² per grid cell	297.91 km² per grid cell	Venezuela
1970s	580.55 km² per grid cell	1,154 km² per grid cell	573.14 km² per grid cell	Venezuela
1980s	859.77 km² per grid cell	1,711 km² per grid cell	851 km² per grid cell	Venezuela
1990s	1,378 km² per grid cell	2,355 km² per grid cell	976.91 km² per grid cell	Venezuela
2000s	2,221 km² per grid cell	3,070 km² per grid cell	848.69 km² per grid cell	Venezuela
2010s	3,289 km² per grid cell	3,769 km² per grid cell	479.72 km² per grid cell	Venezuela
2020s	4,290 km² per grid cell	4,301 km² per grid cell	11.5 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, Ghana or Venezuela?: Ghana, at 4,600 km² per grid cell against 4,456 km² per grid cell in Venezuela as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Ghana and Venezuela?: 144 km² per grid cell, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Venezuela?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Ghana and Venezuela rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Ghana ranks 30th 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.