Urban area long term, per square kilometre by country
Urban area long term divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
0.618 units per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0.0001 units per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.0086 units per square kilometre
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,249
What the numbers show
Urban area long term, per square kilometre is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 0.618 units per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0.0001 units per square kilometre in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0086 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0264 units per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8,474.
Over the past decade 187 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 100.2%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 2.3%).
Urban area long term, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 0.618 units per square kilometre | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 0.321 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 0.2902 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 4 | American Samoa | 0.2068 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 5 | Barbados | 0.1861 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 6 | Aruba | 0.1725 units per square kilometre | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 7 | Belgium | 0.1699 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 8 | East Timor | 0.1633 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 0.1356 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 10 | Netherlands | 0.1286 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 11 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.1214 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 12 | Andorra | 0.1045 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Lebanon | 0.0772 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 0.0769 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 15 | Israel | 0.0732 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 16 | Mauritius | 0.0711 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 17 | Denmark | 0.0652 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 18 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0625 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 0.0581 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 20 | Bahrain | 0.0539 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Kuwait | 0.0469 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Italy | 0.0454 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 23 | Brunei | 0.0453 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Switzerland | 0.0451 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 25 | Qatar | 0.0427 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Jamaica | 0.0421 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 27 | Malta | 0.0412 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 28 | Gambia | 0.04 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Japan | 0.0382 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 30 | Comoros | 0.0355 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Grenada | 0.0353 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 32 | Cyprus | 0.0323 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 33 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.032 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 34 | Cape Verde | 0.0312 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0309 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 36 | South Korea | 0.0289 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 37 | France | 0.0278 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 38 | Czechia | 0.0275 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 39 | Haiti | 0.0264 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Hungary | 0.026 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 41 | El Salvador | 0.0258 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 42 | United States | 0.0249 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 43 | Portugal | 0.0229 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 44 | Slovakia | 0.0224 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 45 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0219 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Austria | 0.0212 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 47 | Poland | 0.0205 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 0.0205 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Philippines | 0.0203 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Malaysia | 0.0203 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 51 | Ghana | 0.0197 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Guatemala | 0.0194 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 0.0191 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Azerbaijan | 0.019 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 0.018 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Slovenia | 0.0174 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 57 | Bahamas | 0.017 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 58 | Ireland | 0.0166 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 59 | Rwanda | 0.015 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Burundi | 0.0146 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 61 | India | 0.0139 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Spain | 0.0137 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 63 | Vietnam | 0.0135 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 64 | Croatia | 0.013 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 65 | Jordan | 0.0123 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Liberia | 0.012 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Togo | 0.0119 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Nigeria | 0.0119 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 69 | North Macedonia | 0.0117 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 70 | Ukraine | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 71 | Albania | 0.0114 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 72 | Armenia | 0.0113 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 73 | Moldova | 0.0112 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 74 | Cuba | 0.011 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 75 | Panama | 0.0109 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Pakistan | 0.0107 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Benin | 0.0105 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Thailand | 0.0102 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 79 | Lesotho | 0.0101 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Turkey | 0.0099 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0098 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 82 | Lithuania | 0.0096 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 83 | Uzbekistan | 0.0094 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 84 | China | 0.0093 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 85 | Ecuador | 0.0093 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 86 | New Zealand | 0.0093 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 87 | Cambodia | 0.0093 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Indonesia | 0.009 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 89 | Tonga | 0.0089 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0089 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 91 | Uganda | 0.0089 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 0.0088 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 93 | Georgia | 0.0088 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 94 | Mexico | 0.0086 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 95 | Romania | 0.0086 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 96 | Eswatini | 0.0086 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Estonia | 0.0085 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 98 | Syria | 0.0085 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Sierra Leone | 0.0085 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Fiji | 0.0084 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0083 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 100.2% | volatile |
| 102 | North Korea | 0.0078 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 103 | Belarus | 0.0078 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 104 | Iraq | 0.0078 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Tunisia | 0.0077 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 0.0076 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 107 | Sweden | 0.0073 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 108 | Honduras | 0.0071 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Malawi | 0.0071 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Finland | 0.0069 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 111 | Greece | 0.0069 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 112 | Zimbabwe | 0.0068 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0067 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 114 | Latvia | 0.0066 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 115 | South Africa | 0.0066 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Dominica | 0.0065 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 117 | Yemen | 0.0059 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Norway | 0.0054 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 0.0053 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Liechtenstein | 0.0052 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 121 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0052 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Iran | 0.005 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Venezuela | 0.005 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Faroe Islands | 0.0047 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 125 | Samoa | 0.0047 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 126 | Morocco | 0.0047 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Nepal | 0.0046 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Oman | 0.0044 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Egypt | 0.0044 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 130 | Brazil | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 131 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0042 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 132 | New Caledonia | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 0.004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Uruguay | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 135 | Djibouti | 0.0037 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0035 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 137 | Chile | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 138 | Cameroon | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Myanmar | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Guinea | 0.0033 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 0.0033 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 142 | Tanzania | 0.0032 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Botswana | 0.0031 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Saudi Arabia | 0.003 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Saint Lucia | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 146 | Senegal | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Vanuatu | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Argentina | 0.0027 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 149 | Australia | 0.0026 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 150 | Kenya | 0.0026 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Colombia | 0.0025 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 152 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0025 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 58.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Sudan | 0.0023 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 154 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Ethiopia | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 156 | Mozambique | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Algeria | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Zambia | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Angola | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Gabon | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Turkmenistan | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 162 | Peru | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 163 | Paraguay | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Guyana | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Congo | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Mali | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Bhutan | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Afghanistan | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Bolivia | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Kazakhstan | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 172 | Eritrea | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 173 | Russia | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 174 | Belize | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Canada | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 176 | Suriname | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 177 | Somalia | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Laos | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Iceland | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 180 | Madagascar | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Libya | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Namibia | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Niger | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Chad | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Mauritania | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Mongolia | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Greenland | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
How this figure is calculated
Urban area long term divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Urban area long term ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Urban area long term Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Urban area long term divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.