Nigeria vs Pakistan: Urban area over the long-term

Nigeria
11,202 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Pakistan
8,527 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Nigeria rank
14th
Pakistan rank
16th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 11,202 km² per grid cell against 8,527 km² per grid cell in Pakistan, a difference of 2,675 km² per grid cell.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times Pakistan's.

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

Nigeria ranks 14th and Pakistan ranks 16th 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.