What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Haiti and Turkmenistan?

32.14 km² per grid cell, with Turkmenistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Turkmenistan?

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.

Haiti vs Turkmenistan: Urban area over the long-term

Haiti

738.22 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Turkmenistan

770.36 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Haiti rank

107th

Turkmenistan rank

105th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Haiti
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 770.36 km² per grid cell against 738.22 km² per grid cell in Haiti, a difference of 32.14 km² per grid cell.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Turkmenistan has been ahead every year.

Haiti ranks 107th and Turkmenistan ranks 105th of 202 countries.

Turkmenistan has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Haiti	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1100s	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0.0014 km² per grid cell	0.0012 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1200s	0.0008 km² per grid cell	0.0045 km² per grid cell	0.0037 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1300s	0.0037 km² per grid cell	0.0145 km² per grid cell	0.0107 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1400s	0.0168 km² per grid cell	0.0463 km² per grid cell	0.0295 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1500s	0.0756 km² per grid cell	0.1515 km² per grid cell	0.076 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1600s	0.045 km² per grid cell	0.5304 km² per grid cell	0.4853 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1700s	0.1689 km² per grid cell	1.76 km² per grid cell	1.59 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1710s	0.2379 km² per grid cell	1.88 km² per grid cell	1.64 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1720s	0.3257 km² per grid cell	1.98 km² per grid cell	1.66 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1730s	0.4459 km² per grid cell	2.09 km² per grid cell	1.65 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1740s	0.6104 km² per grid cell	2.21 km² per grid cell	1.6 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1750s	0.8357 km² per grid cell	2.33 km² per grid cell	1.5 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1760s	1.14 km² per grid cell	2.46 km² per grid cell	1.32 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1770s	1.57 km² per grid cell	2.6 km² per grid cell	1.03 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1780s	2.14 km² per grid cell	2.78 km² per grid cell	0.6345 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1790s	2.94 km² per grid cell	3.67 km² per grid cell	0.7309 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1800s	4.02 km² per grid cell	4.84 km² per grid cell	0.8187 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1810s	5.5 km² per grid cell	6.38 km² per grid cell	0.8809 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1820s	7.53 km² per grid cell	8.42 km² per grid cell	0.8893 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1830s	9.32 km² per grid cell	11.11 km² per grid cell	1.79 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1840s	10.94 km² per grid cell	14.66 km² per grid cell	3.72 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1850s	12.84 km² per grid cell	19.32 km² per grid cell	6.48 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1860s	15.65 km² per grid cell	25.37 km² per grid cell	9.72 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1870s	18.88 km² per grid cell	32.96 km² per grid cell	14.08 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1880s	22.04 km² per grid cell	41.72 km² per grid cell	19.68 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1890s	27.2 km² per grid cell	50.18 km² per grid cell	22.98 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1900s	33.4 km² per grid cell	56.21 km² per grid cell	22.81 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1910s	41.34 km² per grid cell	59.15 km² per grid cell	17.81 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1920s	49.04 km² per grid cell	60.95 km² per grid cell	11.92 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1930s	51.06 km² per grid cell	64.8 km² per grid cell	13.74 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1940s	51.06 km² per grid cell	73.99 km² per grid cell	22.94 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1950s	51.58 km² per grid cell	105.49 km² per grid cell	53.9 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1960s	64.39 km² per grid cell	152.53 km² per grid cell	88.14 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1970s	87.37 km² per grid cell	213.28 km² per grid cell	125.91 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1980s	127.02 km² per grid cell	278.27 km² per grid cell	151.24 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1990s	226.08 km² per grid cell	369.63 km² per grid cell	143.54 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
2000s	377.09 km² per grid cell	471.08 km² per grid cell	93.98 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
2010s	533.21 km² per grid cell	607.25 km² per grid cell	74.03 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
2020s	710.41 km² per grid cell	733.93 km² per grid cell	23.52 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Haiti or Turkmenistan?: Turkmenistan, at 770.36 km² per grid cell against 738.22 km² per grid cell in Haiti as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Haiti and Turkmenistan?: 32.14 km² per grid cell, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Turkmenistan?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Haiti and Turkmenistan rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Haiti ranks 107th and Turkmenistan ranks 105th 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.