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

405 km² per grid cell, with Yemen ahead.

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

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 Yemen: Urban area over the long-term

Puerto Rico

2,845 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Yemen

3,250 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Puerto Rico rank

43rd

Yemen rank

40th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Puerto Rico
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 3,250 km² per grid cell against 2,845 km² per grid cell in Puerto Rico, a difference of 405 km² per grid cell.

That makes Yemen'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 Yemen ahead.

Puerto Rico ranks 43rd and Yemen ranks 40th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 23 and Yemen in 17.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Puerto Rico	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0036 km² per grid cell	0.0035 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1100s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0095 km² per grid cell	0.0094 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1200s	0.0005 km² per grid cell	0.03 km² per grid cell	0.0295 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1300s	0.0022 km² per grid cell	0.0941 km² per grid cell	0.092 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1400s	0.0097 km² per grid cell	0.2632 km² per grid cell	0.2534 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1500s	0.0439 km² per grid cell	0.8665 km² per grid cell	0.8226 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1600s	0.1973 km² per grid cell	2.89 km² per grid cell	2.69 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1700s	0.888 km² per grid cell	7.8 km² per grid cell	6.91 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1710s	1.3 km² per grid cell	8.82 km² per grid cell	7.51 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1720s	1.86 km² per grid cell	9.78 km² per grid cell	7.92 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1730s	2.66 km² per grid cell	10.85 km² per grid cell	8.19 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1740s	3.79 km² per grid cell	12.03 km² per grid cell	8.24 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1750s	5.41 km² per grid cell	13.34 km² per grid cell	7.93 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1760s	7.72 km² per grid cell	14.8 km² per grid cell	7.08 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1770s	11.01 km² per grid cell	16.41 km² per grid cell	5.4 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1780s	15.72 km² per grid cell	18.2 km² per grid cell	2.48 km² per grid cell	Yemen
1790s	22.43 km² per grid cell	20.19 km² per grid cell	2.24 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1800s	32.01 km² per grid cell	22.39 km² per grid cell	9.62 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1810s	45.68 km² per grid cell	24.83 km² per grid cell	20.84 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1820s	65.16 km² per grid cell	27.54 km² per grid cell	37.61 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1830s	86.03 km² per grid cell	30.48 km² per grid cell	55.56 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1840s	109.92 km² per grid cell	34.06 km² per grid cell	75.86 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1850s	149.53 km² per grid cell	38.06 km² per grid cell	111.46 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1860s	194.46 km² per grid cell	42.54 km² per grid cell	151.92 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1870s	241.82 km² per grid cell	47.54 km² per grid cell	194.28 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1880s	281.23 km² per grid cell	54.09 km² per grid cell	227.14 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1890s	304.38 km² per grid cell	61.45 km² per grid cell	242.93 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1900s	315.37 km² per grid cell	69.72 km² per grid cell	245.66 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1910s	347.69 km² per grid cell	79.01 km² per grid cell	268.69 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1920s	374.25 km² per grid cell	93.93 km² per grid cell	280.32 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1930s	407.64 km² per grid cell	110.99 km² per grid cell	296.65 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1940s	460.17 km² per grid cell	130.44 km² per grid cell	329.73 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1950s	604.8 km² per grid cell	206.5 km² per grid cell	398.3 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1960s	834.05 km² per grid cell	367.8 km² per grid cell	466.24 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1970s	1,198 km² per grid cell	467.19 km² per grid cell	730.84 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1980s	1,572 km² per grid cell	469.17 km² per grid cell	1,103 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
1990s	2,207 km² per grid cell	618.75 km² per grid cell	1,588 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
2000s	2,689 km² per grid cell	1,110 km² per grid cell	1,579 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
2010s	2,814 km² per grid cell	1,921 km² per grid cell	892.52 km² per grid cell	Puerto Rico
2020s	2,851 km² per grid cell	2,894 km² per grid cell	43.56 km² per grid cell	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Puerto Rico or Yemen?: Yemen, at 3,250 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 Yemen?: 405 km² per grid cell, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Yemen?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Puerto Rico and Yemen rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Puerto Rico ranks 43rd and Yemen ranks 40th 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.