Tanzania vs Yemen: Urban area over the long-term
Tanzania
3,054 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Yemen
3,250 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Tanzania rank
41st
Yemen rank
40th
Urban area over the long-term over time
- Tanzania
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 3,250 km² per grid cell against 3,054 km² per grid cell in Tanzania, a difference of 196 km² per grid cell.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Tanzania's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Yemen ahead.
Tanzania ranks 41st and Yemen ranks 40th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Tanzania averaged higher in 3 and Yemen in 37.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tanzania | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0004 km² per grid cell | 0.0036 km² per grid cell | 0.0031 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1100s | 0.0021 km² per grid cell | 0.0095 km² per grid cell | 0.0074 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1200s | 0.0088 km² per grid cell | 0.03 km² per grid cell | 0.0211 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1300s | 0.0337 km² per grid cell | 0.0941 km² per grid cell | 0.0604 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1400s | 0.1227 km² per grid cell | 0.2632 km² per grid cell | 0.1404 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1500s | 0.2387 km² per grid cell | 0.8665 km² per grid cell | 0.6278 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1600s | 0.8695 km² per grid cell | 2.89 km² per grid cell | 2.02 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1700s | 3.07 km² per grid cell | 7.8 km² per grid cell | 4.73 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1710s | 3.73 km² per grid cell | 8.82 km² per grid cell | 5.09 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1720s | 4.39 km² per grid cell | 9.78 km² per grid cell | 5.39 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1730s | 5.13 km² per grid cell | 10.85 km² per grid cell | 5.71 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1740s | 5.98 km² per grid cell | 12.03 km² per grid cell | 6.05 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1750s | 6.94 km² per grid cell | 13.34 km² per grid cell | 6.4 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1760s | 8.04 km² per grid cell | 14.8 km² per grid cell | 6.76 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1770s | 9.27 km² per grid cell | 16.41 km² per grid cell | 7.14 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1780s | 10.67 km² per grid cell | 18.2 km² per grid cell | 7.53 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1790s | 12.26 km² per grid cell | 20.19 km² per grid cell | 7.93 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1800s | 14.04 km² per grid cell | 22.39 km² per grid cell | 8.35 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1810s | 16.06 km² per grid cell | 24.83 km² per grid cell | 8.77 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1820s | 18.34 km² per grid cell | 27.54 km² per grid cell | 9.21 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1830s | 20.9 km² per grid cell | 30.48 km² per grid cell | 9.58 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1840s | 23.78 km² per grid cell | 34.06 km² per grid cell | 10.28 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1850s | 27.02 km² per grid cell | 38.06 km² per grid cell | 11.04 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1860s | 29.3 km² per grid cell | 42.54 km² per grid cell | 13.24 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1870s | 31.77 km² per grid cell | 47.54 km² per grid cell | 15.77 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1880s | 34.45 km² per grid cell | 54.09 km² per grid cell | 19.64 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1890s | 38.49 km² per grid cell | 61.45 km² per grid cell | 22.95 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1900s | 38.91 km² per grid cell | 69.72 km² per grid cell | 30.81 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1910s | 40.94 km² per grid cell | 79.01 km² per grid cell | 38.07 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1920s | 44.84 km² per grid cell | 93.93 km² per grid cell | 49.1 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1930s | 56.99 km² per grid cell | 110.99 km² per grid cell | 54 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1940s | 71.73 km² per grid cell | 130.44 km² per grid cell | 58.71 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1950s | 132.57 km² per grid cell | 206.5 km² per grid cell | 73.93 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1960s | 247.01 km² per grid cell | 367.8 km² per grid cell | 120.79 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 1970s | 551.37 km² per grid cell | 467.19 km² per grid cell | 84.18 km² per grid cell | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 712.35 km² per grid cell | 469.17 km² per grid cell | 243.18 km² per grid cell | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 721.07 km² per grid cell | 618.75 km² per grid cell | 102.33 km² per grid cell | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 1,043 km² per grid cell | 1,110 km² per grid cell | 67.5 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 2010s | 1,784 km² per grid cell | 1,921 km² per grid cell | 137.2 km² per grid cell | Yemen |
| 2020s | 2,651 km² per grid cell | 2,894 km² per grid cell | 243.74 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, Tanzania or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 3,250 km² per grid cell against 3,054 km² per grid cell in Tanzania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Tanzania and Yemen?
- 196 km² per grid cell, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Yemen?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Tanzania and Yemen rank globally for urban area over the long-term?
- Tanzania ranks 41st 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
Total built-up area of a country over time.