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

3.94 km² per grid cell, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.

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

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 Uruguay: Urban area over the long-term

Kyrgyzstan

677.13 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Uruguay

673.19 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Kyrgyzstan rank

111th

Uruguay rank

112th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Kyrgyzstan
Uruguay

How they compare

Kyrgyzstan currently reports 677.13 km² per grid cell against 673.19 km² per grid cell in Uruguay, a difference of 3.94 km² per grid cell.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kyrgyzstan ahead.

Kyrgyzstan ranks 111th and Uruguay ranks 112th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Kyrgyzstan averaged higher in 21 and Uruguay in 19.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kyrgyzstan	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0008 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	0.0005 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1100s	0.0026 km² per grid cell	0.0009 km² per grid cell	0.0017 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1200s	0.0084 km² per grid cell	0.0029 km² per grid cell	0.0055 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1300s	0.027 km² per grid cell	0.0097 km² per grid cell	0.0173 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1400s	0.0863 km² per grid cell	0.0324 km² per grid cell	0.054 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1500s	0.2747 km² per grid cell	0.1081 km² per grid cell	0.1666 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1600s	0.9418 km² per grid cell	0.3608 km² per grid cell	0.581 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1700s	3.18 km² per grid cell	1.2 km² per grid cell	1.97 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1710s	3.36 km² per grid cell	1.43 km² per grid cell	1.93 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1720s	3.54 km² per grid cell	1.65 km² per grid cell	1.9 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1730s	3.74 km² per grid cell	1.9 km² per grid cell	1.84 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1740s	3.95 km² per grid cell	2.19 km² per grid cell	1.76 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1750s	4.17 km² per grid cell	2.52 km² per grid cell	1.64 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1760s	4.4 km² per grid cell	2.91 km² per grid cell	1.49 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1770s	4.64 km² per grid cell	3.35 km² per grid cell	1.29 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1780s	4.9 km² per grid cell	3.87 km² per grid cell	1.03 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1790s	5.17 km² per grid cell	4.46 km² per grid cell	0.7159 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1800s	5.09 km² per grid cell	5.14 km² per grid cell	0.0512 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1810s	6.71 km² per grid cell	5.93 km² per grid cell	0.7886 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1820s	8.86 km² per grid cell	6.83 km² per grid cell	2.03 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1830s	11.69 km² per grid cell	10.1 km² per grid cell	1.59 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1840s	15.42 km² per grid cell	14.75 km² per grid cell	0.677 km² per grid cell	Kyrgyzstan
1850s	20.35 km² per grid cell	21.51 km² per grid cell	1.16 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1860s	26.83 km² per grid cell	42.18 km² per grid cell	15.35 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1870s	35.3 km² per grid cell	65.71 km² per grid cell	30.41 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1880s	46.07 km² per grid cell	93.39 km² per grid cell	47.32 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1890s	58.77 km² per grid cell	137.85 km² per grid cell	79.08 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1900s	71.28 km² per grid cell	170.99 km² per grid cell	99.7 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1910s	79.98 km² per grid cell	170.99 km² per grid cell	91 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1920s	83.29 km² per grid cell	187.31 km² per grid cell	104.02 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1930s	84.42 km² per grid cell	202.13 km² per grid cell	117.71 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1940s	88.68 km² per grid cell	226.49 km² per grid cell	137.81 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1950s	123.28 km² per grid cell	292.19 km² per grid cell	168.91 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1960s	193.03 km² per grid cell	346.32 km² per grid cell	153.29 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1970s	271.97 km² per grid cell	390.91 km² per grid cell	118.94 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1980s	347.78 km² per grid cell	451.56 km² per grid cell	103.79 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
1990s	402.52 km² per grid cell	528.45 km² per grid cell	125.93 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
2000s	447 km² per grid cell	586.83 km² per grid cell	139.82 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
2010s	536.1 km² per grid cell	633.28 km² per grid cell	97.18 km² per grid cell	Uruguay
2020s	643.17 km² per grid cell	664.94 km² per grid cell	21.77 km² per grid cell	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Kyrgyzstan or Uruguay?: Kyrgyzstan, at 677.13 km² per grid cell against 673.19 km² per grid cell in Uruguay as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Kyrgyzstan and Uruguay?: 3.94 km² per grid cell, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Uruguay?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Kyrgyzstan and Uruguay rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Kyrgyzstan ranks 111th and Uruguay ranks 112th 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.