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

28.28 km² per grid cell, with Lebanon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon 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.

Lebanon vs Turkmenistan: Urban area over the long-term

Lebanon

798.64 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Turkmenistan

770.36 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Lebanon rank

104th

Turkmenistan rank

105th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Lebanon
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Lebanon currently reports 798.64 km² per grid cell against 770.36 km² per grid cell in Turkmenistan, a difference of 28.28 km² per grid cell.

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

Lebanon ranks 104th and Turkmenistan ranks 105th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Lebanon averaged higher in 37 and Turkmenistan in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lebanon	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	2.44 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	2.44 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1100s	2.54 km² per grid cell	0.0014 km² per grid cell	2.54 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1200s	2.64 km² per grid cell	0.0045 km² per grid cell	2.63 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1300s	2.73 km² per grid cell	0.0145 km² per grid cell	2.72 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1400s	2.15 km² per grid cell	0.0463 km² per grid cell	2.11 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1500s	2.27 km² per grid cell	0.1515 km² per grid cell	2.12 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1600s	2.62 km² per grid cell	0.5304 km² per grid cell	2.09 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1700s	2.21 km² per grid cell	1.76 km² per grid cell	0.4474 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1710s	2.24 km² per grid cell	1.88 km² per grid cell	0.3621 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1720s	2.56 km² per grid cell	1.98 km² per grid cell	0.58 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1730s	2.93 km² per grid cell	2.09 km² per grid cell	0.8385 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1740s	3.35 km² per grid cell	2.21 km² per grid cell	1.14 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1750s	3.84 km² per grid cell	2.33 km² per grid cell	1.5 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1760s	4.39 km² per grid cell	2.46 km² per grid cell	1.93 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1770s	5.02 km² per grid cell	2.6 km² per grid cell	2.42 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1780s	5.74 km² per grid cell	2.78 km² per grid cell	2.96 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1790s	6.57 km² per grid cell	3.67 km² per grid cell	2.9 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1800s	7.51 km² per grid cell	4.84 km² per grid cell	2.67 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1810s	8.59 km² per grid cell	6.38 km² per grid cell	2.21 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1820s	9.83 km² per grid cell	8.42 km² per grid cell	1.4 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1830s	12.47 km² per grid cell	11.11 km² per grid cell	1.36 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1840s	15.59 km² per grid cell	14.66 km² per grid cell	0.9343 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1850s	19.49 km² per grid cell	19.32 km² per grid cell	0.1739 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1860s	24.36 km² per grid cell	25.37 km² per grid cell	1 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1870s	30.45 km² per grid cell	32.96 km² per grid cell	2.51 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1880s	42.41 km² per grid cell	41.72 km² per grid cell	0.6954 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1890s	49.96 km² per grid cell	50.18 km² per grid cell	0.2197 km² per grid cell	Turkmenistan
1900s	64.64 km² per grid cell	56.21 km² per grid cell	8.42 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1910s	75.03 km² per grid cell	59.15 km² per grid cell	15.88 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1920s	87.71 km² per grid cell	60.95 km² per grid cell	26.75 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1930s	110.43 km² per grid cell	64.8 km² per grid cell	45.63 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1940s	123.83 km² per grid cell	73.99 km² per grid cell	49.83 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1950s	144.67 km² per grid cell	105.49 km² per grid cell	39.18 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1960s	219.18 km² per grid cell	152.53 km² per grid cell	66.65 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1970s	322.39 km² per grid cell	213.28 km² per grid cell	109.11 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1980s	386.84 km² per grid cell	278.27 km² per grid cell	108.58 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
1990s	483.48 km² per grid cell	369.63 km² per grid cell	113.85 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
2000s	598.67 km² per grid cell	471.08 km² per grid cell	127.59 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
2010s	698 km² per grid cell	607.25 km² per grid cell	90.76 km² per grid cell	Lebanon
2020s	776.2 km² per grid cell	733.93 km² per grid cell	42.27 km² per grid cell	Lebanon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Lebanon or Turkmenistan?: Lebanon, at 798.64 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 Lebanon and Turkmenistan?: 28.28 km² per grid cell, with Lebanon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Turkmenistan?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Lebanon and Turkmenistan rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Lebanon ranks 104th 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.