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Malaysia vs Saudi Arabia: Urban area over the long-term

Malaysia
6,818 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
6,551 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Malaysia rank
22nd
Saudi Arabia rank
24th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Malaysia
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 6,818 km² per grid cell against 6,551 km² per grid cell in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 267.22 km² per grid cell.

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

Malaysia ranks 22nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 24th 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.