Namibia vs Western Sahara: Urban area over the long-term

Namibia
563.77 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Western Sahara
526.56 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Namibia rank
119th
Western Sahara rank
122nd

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Namibia
  • Western Sahara
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 563.77 km² per grid cell against 526.56 km² per grid cell in Western Sahara, a difference of 37.22 km² per grid cell.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Western Sahara's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 119th and Western Sahara ranks 122nd 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.