Indonesia vs Mexico: Urban area over the long-term

Indonesia
17,283 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Mexico
17,056 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Indonesia rank
8th
Mexico rank
9th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Indonesia
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 17,283 km² per grid cell against 17,056 km² per grid cell in Mexico, a difference of 226.4 km² per grid cell.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Mexico ahead.

Indonesia ranks 8th and Mexico ranks 9th 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.