What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Papua New Guinea and Suriname?

15.23 km² per grid cell, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Suriname?

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.

Papua New Guinea vs Suriname: Urban area over the long-term

Papua New Guinea

168.91 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Suriname

153.68 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Papua New Guinea rank

156th

Suriname rank

158th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Papua New Guinea
Suriname

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 168.91 km² per grid cell against 153.68 km² per grid cell in Suriname, a difference of 15.23 km² per grid cell.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Suriname's.

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

Papua New Guinea ranks 156th and Suriname ranks 158th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 8 and Suriname in 32.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Papua New Guinea	Suriname	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1100s	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1200s	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0.001 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1300s	0.0038 km² per grid cell	0.0033 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1400s	0.012 km² per grid cell	0.0106 km² per grid cell	0.0014 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1500s	0.0378 km² per grid cell	0.0348 km² per grid cell	0.003 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1600s	0.1185 km² per grid cell	0.114 km² per grid cell	0.0045 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea
1700s	0.3626 km² per grid cell	0.3731 km² per grid cell	0.0105 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1710s	0.1632 km² per grid cell	0.4519 km² per grid cell	0.2888 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1720s	0.1894 km² per grid cell	0.5546 km² per grid cell	0.3652 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1730s	0.2195 km² per grid cell	0.6807 km² per grid cell	0.4612 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1740s	0.254 km² per grid cell	0.8354 km² per grid cell	0.5814 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1750s	0.2933 km² per grid cell	1.03 km² per grid cell	0.732 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1760s	0.338 km² per grid cell	1.26 km² per grid cell	0.9203 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1770s	0.3885 km² per grid cell	1.54 km² per grid cell	1.16 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1780s	0.4455 km² per grid cell	1.9 km² per grid cell	1.45 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1790s	0.5095 km² per grid cell	2.33 km² per grid cell	1.82 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1800s	0.5811 km² per grid cell	2.85 km² per grid cell	2.27 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1810s	0.6609 km² per grid cell	3.5 km² per grid cell	2.84 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1820s	0.7496 km² per grid cell	4.22 km² per grid cell	3.47 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1830s	0.8478 km² per grid cell	5.09 km² per grid cell	4.24 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1840s	0.9563 km² per grid cell	6.13 km² per grid cell	5.18 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1850s	1.08 km² per grid cell	7.39 km² per grid cell	6.31 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1860s	1.21 km² per grid cell	8.87 km² per grid cell	7.66 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1870s	1.35 km² per grid cell	10.94 km² per grid cell	9.59 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1880s	1.51 km² per grid cell	13.19 km² per grid cell	11.68 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1890s	1.69 km² per grid cell	15.16 km² per grid cell	13.48 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1900s	1.88 km² per grid cell	16.24 km² per grid cell	14.36 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1910s	2.09 km² per grid cell	16.27 km² per grid cell	14.18 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1920s	2.47 km² per grid cell	17.12 km² per grid cell	14.65 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1930s	2.92 km² per grid cell	18.48 km² per grid cell	15.56 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1940s	3.45 km² per grid cell	20.62 km² per grid cell	17.16 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1950s	6.27 km² per grid cell	30.1 km² per grid cell	23.83 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1960s	16.23 km² per grid cell	40.55 km² per grid cell	24.32 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1970s	39.56 km² per grid cell	48.93 km² per grid cell	9.37 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1980s	56.94 km² per grid cell	66.54 km² per grid cell	9.6 km² per grid cell	Suriname
1990s	73.16 km² per grid cell	92.21 km² per grid cell	19.05 km² per grid cell	Suriname
2000s	86.03 km² per grid cell	113.03 km² per grid cell	27 km² per grid cell	Suriname
2010s	114.81 km² per grid cell	131.6 km² per grid cell	16.8 km² per grid cell	Suriname
2020s	154 km² per grid cell	147.93 km² per grid cell	6.06 km² per grid cell	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Papua New Guinea or Suriname?: Papua New Guinea, at 168.91 km² per grid cell against 153.68 km² per grid cell in Suriname as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Papua New Guinea and Suriname?: 15.23 km² per grid cell, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Suriname?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Papua New Guinea and Suriname rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Papua New Guinea ranks 156th and Suriname ranks 158th 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.