What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Puerto Rico and Sweden?

143 km² per grid cell, with Sweden ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Sweden?

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.

Puerto Rico vs Sweden: Urban area over the long-term

Puerto Rico

2,845 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Sweden

2,988 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Puerto Rico rank

43rd

Sweden rank

42nd

Urban area over the long-term over time

Puerto Rico
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 2,988 km² per grid cell against 2,845 km² per grid cell in Puerto Rico, a difference of 143 km² per grid cell.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.

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

Puerto Rico ranks 43rd and Sweden ranks 42nd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 38.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Puerto Rico	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0132 km² per grid cell	0.0132 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1100s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0467 km² per grid cell	0.0466 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1200s	0.0005 km² per grid cell	0.161 km² per grid cell	0.1605 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1300s	0.0022 km² per grid cell	0.9838 km² per grid cell	0.9816 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1400s	0.0097 km² per grid cell	1.16 km² per grid cell	1.15 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1500s	0.0439 km² per grid cell	4.09 km² per grid cell	4.04 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1600s	0.1973 km² per grid cell	9.56 km² per grid cell	9.37 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1700s	0.888 km² per grid cell	42.47 km² per grid cell	41.58 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1710s	1.3 km² per grid cell	68.34 km² per grid cell	67.04 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1720s	1.86 km² per grid cell	91.4 km² per grid cell	89.54 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1730s	2.66 km² per grid cell	122.38 km² per grid cell	119.72 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1740s	3.79 km² per grid cell	147.46 km² per grid cell	143.67 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1750s	5.41 km² per grid cell	165.95 km² per grid cell	160.55 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1760s	7.72 km² per grid cell	190.37 km² per grid cell	182.65 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1770s	11.01 km² per grid cell	210.52 km² per grid cell	199.51 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1780s	15.72 km² per grid cell	223 km² per grid cell	207.28 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1790s	22.43 km² per grid cell	235.57 km² per grid cell	213.14 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1800s	32.01 km² per grid cell	255.74 km² per grid cell	223.73 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1810s	45.68 km² per grid cell	262.46 km² per grid cell	216.79 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1820s	65.16 km² per grid cell	284.34 km² per grid cell	219.18 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1830s	86.03 km² per grid cell	321.35 km² per grid cell	235.32 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1840s	109.92 km² per grid cell	354.57 km² per grid cell	244.65 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1850s	149.53 km² per grid cell	401.88 km² per grid cell	252.35 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1860s	194.46 km² per grid cell	457.13 km² per grid cell	262.67 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1870s	241.82 km² per grid cell	516.88 km² per grid cell	275.06 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1880s	281.23 km² per grid cell	594.58 km² per grid cell	313.35 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1890s	304.38 km² per grid cell	653.97 km² per grid cell	349.59 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1900s	315.37 km² per grid cell	736.52 km² per grid cell	421.14 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1910s	347.69 km² per grid cell	832.77 km² per grid cell	485.08 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1920s	374.25 km² per grid cell	920.81 km² per grid cell	546.56 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1930s	407.64 km² per grid cell	1,028 km² per grid cell	620.4 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1940s	460.17 km² per grid cell	1,122 km² per grid cell	661.63 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1950s	604.8 km² per grid cell	1,418 km² per grid cell	813.33 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1960s	834.05 km² per grid cell	1,706 km² per grid cell	871.76 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1970s	1,198 km² per grid cell	1,976 km² per grid cell	777.84 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1980s	1,572 km² per grid cell	2,075 km² per grid cell	503.62 km² per grid cell	Sweden
1990s	2,207 km² per grid cell	2,225 km² per grid cell	18.27 km² per grid cell	Sweden
2000s	2,689 km² per grid cell	2,359 km² per grid cell	329.94 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
2010s	2,814 km² per grid cell	2,630 km² per grid cell	183.42 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
2020s	2,851 km² per grid cell	2,902 km² per grid cell	51.65 km² per grid cell	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Puerto Rico or Sweden?: Sweden, at 2,988 km² per grid cell against 2,845 km² per grid cell in Puerto Rico as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Puerto Rico and Sweden?: 143 km² per grid cell, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Sweden?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Puerto Rico and Sweden rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Puerto Rico ranks 43rd and Sweden ranks 42nd 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.