Nigeria vs United Kingdom: Urban area over the long-term
Nigeria
11,202 km² per grid cell
in 2025
United Kingdom
14,143 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Nigeria rank
14th
United Kingdom rank
11th
Urban area over the long-term over time
- Nigeria
- United Kingdom
How they compare
United Kingdom currently reports 14,143 km² per grid cell against 11,202 km² per grid cell in Nigeria, a difference of 2,940 km² per grid cell.
That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.3 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was United Kingdom ahead.
Nigeria ranks 14th and United Kingdom ranks 11th of 202 countries.
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About this data
Total built-up area of a country over time.