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

43.86 km² per grid cell, with Honduras ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras 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.

Honduras vs Turkmenistan: Urban area over the long-term

Honduras

814.22 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Turkmenistan

770.36 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Honduras rank

103rd

Turkmenistan rank

105th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Honduras
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Honduras currently reports 814.22 km² per grid cell against 770.36 km² per grid cell in Turkmenistan, a difference of 43.86 km² per grid cell.

That makes Honduras's figure about 1.1 times Turkmenistan's.

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

Honduras ranks 103rd and Turkmenistan ranks 105th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 9 and Turkmenistan in 31.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Honduras	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0011 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	Honduras
1100s	0.004 km² per grid cell	0.0014 km² per grid cell	0.0026 km² per grid cell	Honduras
1200s	0.015 km² per grid cell	0.0045 km² per grid cell	0.0105 km² per grid cell	Honduras
1300s	0.0563 km² per grid cell	0.0145 km² per grid cell	0.0418 km² per grid cell	Honduras
1400s	0.2111 km² per grid cell	0.0463 km² per grid cell	0.1648 km² per grid cell	Honduras
1500s	0.7915 km² per grid cell	0.1515 km² per grid cell	0.6399 km² per grid cell	Honduras
1600s	0.6784 km² per grid cell	0.5304 km² per grid cell	0.148 km² per grid cell	Honduras
1700s	0.5815 km² per grid cell	1.76 km² per grid cell	1.18 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1710s	0.6777 km² per grid cell	1.88 km² per grid cell	1.2 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1720s	0.7679 km² per grid cell	1.98 km² per grid cell	1.22 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1730s	0.87 km² per grid cell	2.09 km² per grid cell	1.22 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1740s	0.9857 km² per grid cell	2.21 km² per grid cell	1.23 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1750s	1.12 km² per grid cell	2.33 km² per grid cell	1.22 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1760s	1.27 km² per grid cell	2.46 km² per grid cell	1.2 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1770s	1.43 km² per grid cell	2.6 km² per grid cell	1.17 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1780s	1.62 km² per grid cell	2.78 km² per grid cell	1.15 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1790s	1.84 km² per grid cell	3.67 km² per grid cell	1.83 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1800s	2.09 km² per grid cell	4.84 km² per grid cell	2.75 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1810s	2.36 km² per grid cell	6.38 km² per grid cell	4.02 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1820s	2.68 km² per grid cell	8.42 km² per grid cell	5.75 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1830s	5.58 km² per grid cell	11.11 km² per grid cell	5.53 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1840s	7.14 km² per grid cell	14.66 km² per grid cell	7.52 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1850s	9.12 km² per grid cell	19.32 km² per grid cell	10.2 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1860s	11.12 km² per grid cell	25.37 km² per grid cell	14.25 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1870s	13.11 km² per grid cell	32.96 km² per grid cell	19.85 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1880s	15.47 km² per grid cell	41.72 km² per grid cell	26.25 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1890s	18.24 km² per grid cell	50.18 km² per grid cell	31.94 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1900s	21.48 km² per grid cell	56.21 km² per grid cell	34.73 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1910s	25.14 km² per grid cell	59.15 km² per grid cell	34.01 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1920s	30.84 km² per grid cell	60.95 km² per grid cell	30.11 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1930s	40.05 km² per grid cell	64.8 km² per grid cell	24.75 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1940s	45.01 km² per grid cell	73.99 km² per grid cell	28.99 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1950s	55.01 km² per grid cell	105.49 km² per grid cell	50.47 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1960s	75.24 km² per grid cell	152.53 km² per grid cell	77.3 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1970s	114.72 km² per grid cell	213.28 km² per grid cell	98.56 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1980s	186.73 km² per grid cell	278.27 km² per grid cell	91.53 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1990s	293.26 km² per grid cell	369.63 km² per grid cell	76.37 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
2000s	456.65 km² per grid cell	471.08 km² per grid cell	14.43 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
2010s	649.12 km² per grid cell	607.25 km² per grid cell	41.87 km² per grid cell	Honduras
2020s	773.37 km² per grid cell	733.93 km² per grid cell	39.43 km² per grid cell	Honduras

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Honduras or Turkmenistan?: Honduras, at 814.22 km² per grid cell against 770.36 km² per grid cell in Turkmenistan as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Honduras and Turkmenistan?: 43.86 km² per grid cell, with Honduras ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Turkmenistan?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Honduras and Turkmenistan rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Honduras ranks 103rd 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.