Greenland vs Vanuatu: Urban area over the long-term
Greenland
30.16 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Vanuatu
35.17 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Greenland rank
183rd
Vanuatu rank
180th
Urban area over the long-term over time
- Greenland
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 35.17 km² per grid cell against 30.16 km² per grid cell in Greenland, a difference of 5.01 km² per grid cell.
That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.2 times Greenland's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Greenland ahead.
Greenland ranks 183rd and Vanuatu ranks 180th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Greenland averaged higher in 29 and Vanuatu in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greenland | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1100s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1200s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1300s | 0.0001 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0.0001 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1400s | 0.0003 km² per grid cell | 0.0001 km² per grid cell | 0.0002 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1500s | 0.001 km² per grid cell | 0.0006 km² per grid cell | 0.0004 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1600s | 0.0031 km² per grid cell | 0.0028 km² per grid cell | 0.0003 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1700s | 0.0094 km² per grid cell | 0.0124 km² per grid cell | 0.0031 km² per grid cell | Vanuatu |
| 1710s | 0.013 km² per grid cell | 0.0283 km² per grid cell | 0.0154 km² per grid cell | Vanuatu |
| 1720s | 0.0175 km² per grid cell | 0.0348 km² per grid cell | 0.0173 km² per grid cell | Vanuatu |
| 1730s | 0.0236 km² per grid cell | 0.0427 km² per grid cell | 0.0191 km² per grid cell | Vanuatu |
| 1740s | 0.0319 km² per grid cell | 0.0525 km² per grid cell | 0.0205 km² per grid cell | Vanuatu |
| 1750s | 0.0431 km² per grid cell | 0.0644 km² per grid cell | 0.0213 km² per grid cell | Vanuatu |
| 1760s | 0.0582 km² per grid cell | 0.0791 km² per grid cell | 0.021 km² per grid cell | Vanuatu |
| 1770s | 0.0785 km² per grid cell | 0.0972 km² per grid cell | 0.0186 km² per grid cell | Vanuatu |
| 1780s | 0.106 km² per grid cell | 0.1193 km² per grid cell | 0.0133 km² per grid cell | Vanuatu |
| 1790s | 0.1431 km² per grid cell | 0.1465 km² per grid cell | 0.0034 km² per grid cell | Vanuatu |
| 1800s | 0.1932 km² per grid cell | 0.1799 km² per grid cell | 0.0132 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1810s | 0.2608 km² per grid cell | 0.221 km² per grid cell | 0.0398 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1820s | 0.352 km² per grid cell | 0.2721 km² per grid cell | 0.0799 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1830s | 0.4753 km² per grid cell | 0.3351 km² per grid cell | 0.1401 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1840s | 0.6416 km² per grid cell | 0.4127 km² per grid cell | 0.2289 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1850s | 0.8661 km² per grid cell | 0.5082 km² per grid cell | 0.3579 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1860s | 1.17 km² per grid cell | 0.6259 km² per grid cell | 0.5434 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1870s | 1.58 km² per grid cell | 0.7554 km² per grid cell | 0.823 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1880s | 2.13 km² per grid cell | 0.9116 km² per grid cell | 1.22 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1890s | 2.87 km² per grid cell | 1.1 km² per grid cell | 1.77 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1900s | 3.81 km² per grid cell | 1.33 km² per grid cell | 2.48 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1910s | 4.9 km² per grid cell | 1.6 km² per grid cell | 3.3 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1920s | 5.85 km² per grid cell | 1.92 km² per grid cell | 3.93 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1930s | 6.3 km² per grid cell | 2.29 km² per grid cell | 4.01 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1940s | 6.36 km² per grid cell | 2.75 km² per grid cell | 3.61 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1950s | 7.46 km² per grid cell | 4.05 km² per grid cell | 3.41 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1960s | 11.92 km² per grid cell | 6.01 km² per grid cell | 5.91 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1970s | 16.98 km² per grid cell | 6.85 km² per grid cell | 10.12 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1980s | 19.77 km² per grid cell | 6.87 km² per grid cell | 12.9 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1990s | 22.77 km² per grid cell | 8.09 km² per grid cell | 14.67 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 2000s | 25.37 km² per grid cell | 12.69 km² per grid cell | 12.68 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 2010s | 27.66 km² per grid cell | 21.38 km² per grid cell | 6.29 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 2020s | 29.58 km² per grid cell | 31.45 km² per grid cell | 1.87 km² per grid cell | Vanuatu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Greenland or Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at 35.17 km² per grid cell against 30.16 km² per grid cell in Greenland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Greenland and Vanuatu?
- 5.01 km² per grid cell, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Vanuatu?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Greenland and Vanuatu rank globally for urban area over the long-term?
- Greenland ranks 183rd and Vanuatu ranks 180th 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
Total built-up area of a country over time.