What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Kyrgyzstan and Malawi?

22.47 km² per grid cell, with Malawi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Malawi?

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.

Kyrgyzstan vs Malawi: Urban area over the long-term

Kyrgyzstan

677.13 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Malawi

699.6 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Kyrgyzstan rank

111th

Malawi rank

109th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Kyrgyzstan
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 699.6 km² per grid cell against 677.13 km² per grid cell in Kyrgyzstan, a difference of 22.47 km² per grid cell.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kyrgyzstan ahead.

Kyrgyzstan ranks 111th and Malawi ranks 109th of 202 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kyrgyzstan	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0008 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0007 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1100s	0.0026 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	0.0023 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1200s	0.0084 km² per grid cell	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0.0072 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1300s	0.027 km² per grid cell	0.0042 km² per grid cell	0.0229 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1400s	0.0863 km² per grid cell	0.0141 km² per grid cell	0.0723 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1500s	0.2747 km² per grid cell	0.0469 km² per grid cell	0.2278 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1600s	0.9418 km² per grid cell	0.1523 km² per grid cell	0.7895 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1700s	3.18 km² per grid cell	0.4796 km² per grid cell	2.7 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1710s	3.36 km² per grid cell	0.6899 km² per grid cell	2.67 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1720s	3.54 km² per grid cell	0.916 km² per grid cell	2.63 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1730s	3.74 km² per grid cell	1.17 km² per grid cell	2.57 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1740s	3.95 km² per grid cell	1.47 km² per grid cell	2.48 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1750s	4.17 km² per grid cell	1.8 km² per grid cell	2.37 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1760s	4.4 km² per grid cell	2.16 km² per grid cell	2.24 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1770s	4.64 km² per grid cell	2.57 km² per grid cell	2.07 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1780s	4.9 km² per grid cell	3.02 km² per grid cell	1.88 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1790s	5.17 km² per grid cell	3.52 km² per grid cell	1.66 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1800s	5.09 km² per grid cell	4.05 km² per grid cell	1.04 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1810s	6.71 km² per grid cell	4.63 km² per grid cell	2.08 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1820s	8.86 km² per grid cell	5.25 km² per grid cell	3.61 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1830s	11.69 km² per grid cell	5.92 km² per grid cell	5.77 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1840s	15.42 km² per grid cell	6.62 km² per grid cell	8.8 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1850s	20.35 km² per grid cell	7.37 km² per grid cell	12.97 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1860s	26.83 km² per grid cell	7.71 km² per grid cell	19.12 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1870s	35.3 km² per grid cell	8 km² per grid cell	27.3 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1880s	46.07 km² per grid cell	8.25 km² per grid cell	37.82 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1890s	58.77 km² per grid cell	8.75 km² per grid cell	50.01 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1900s	71.28 km² per grid cell	8.78 km² per grid cell	62.5 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1910s	79.98 km² per grid cell	8.78 km² per grid cell	71.2 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1920s	83.29 km² per grid cell	8.78 km² per grid cell	74.51 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1930s	84.42 km² per grid cell	10.28 km² per grid cell	74.14 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1940s	88.68 km² per grid cell	12.34 km² per grid cell	76.34 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1950s	123.28 km² per grid cell	18.35 km² per grid cell	104.93 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1960s	193.03 km² per grid cell	27.99 km² per grid cell	165.04 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1970s	271.97 km² per grid cell	53.85 km² per grid cell	218.12 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1980s	347.78 km² per grid cell	97.84 km² per grid cell	249.93 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1990s	402.52 km² per grid cell	172.25 km² per grid cell	230.27 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
2000s	447 km² per grid cell	281.76 km² per grid cell	165.24 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
2010s	536.1 km² per grid cell	443.88 km² per grid cell	92.22 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
2020s	643.17 km² per grid cell	628.91 km² per grid cell	14.27 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Kyrgyzstan or Malawi?: Malawi, at 699.6 km² per grid cell against 677.13 km² per grid cell in Kyrgyzstan as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Kyrgyzstan and Malawi?: 22.47 km² per grid cell, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Malawi?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Kyrgyzstan and Malawi rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Kyrgyzstan ranks 111th and Malawi ranks 109th 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.