Urban area over the long-term by country
Total built-up area of a country over time.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
230,837 km² per grid cell
United States
Lowest
0.8694 km² per grid cell
Anguilla
Median
849.6 km² per grid cell
Years covered
1026
1000–2025
Data points
21,816
What the numbers show
Urban area over the long-term is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 230,837 km² per grid cell in United States; the lowest is 0.8694 km² per grid cell in Anguilla.
The median across all reporting countries is 849.6 km² per grid cell, and the mean is 4,394 km² per grid cell.
Over the past decade 191 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 98.2%), and the largest decrease in Saint Pierre and Miquelon (down 1.8%).
Urban area over the long-term: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 230,837 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 89,331 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 42,636 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 36,495 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 27,052 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Australia | 20,727 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Russia | 19,935 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 17,283 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Mexico | 17,056 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 10 | France | 15,122 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 14,143 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Japan | 13,979 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Italy | 13,580 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 14 | Nigeria | 11,202 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Canada | 9,053 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Pakistan | 8,527 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Iran | 8,281 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 18 | South Africa | 8,172 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Turkey | 7,698 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Argentina | 7,576 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Spain | 6,890 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Malaysia | 6,818 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Ukraine | 6,747 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 6,551 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Poland | 6,328 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Philippines | 6,191 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5,799 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Thailand | 5,324 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Belgium | 5,207 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Ghana | 4,600 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Algeria | 4,598 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Venezuela | 4,456 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Egypt | 4,434 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Sudan | 4,431 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Netherlands | 4,359 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Vietnam | 4,339 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 4,208 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Iraq | 3,477 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 3,421 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Yemen | 3,250 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Tanzania | 3,054 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 65.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Sweden | 2,988 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Puerto Rico | 2,845 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 44 | South Korea | 2,837 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Colombia | 2,817 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 2,675 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Denmark | 2,630 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Bangladesh | 2,570 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Chile | 2,558 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 50 | East Timor | 2,471 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 51 | New Zealand | 2,471 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Hungary | 2,380 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Ecuador | 2,359 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Angola | 2,310 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 2,302 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Ethiopia | 2,256 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Myanmar | 2,250 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Taiwan | 2,214 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Morocco | 2,151 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Czechia | 2,147 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Portugal | 2,142 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Finland | 2,128 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Guatemala | 2,127 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Peru | 2,049 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Norway | 1,987 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Romania | 1,985 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Uganda | 1,870 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Mali | 1,814 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Switzerland | 1,802 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Botswana | 1,792 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Austria | 1,765 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,697 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Cambodia | 1,688 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Cameroon | 1,647 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Syria | 1,606 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Israel | 1,604 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Azerbaijan | 1,594 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Belarus | 1,590 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Kenya | 1,567 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Mozambique | 1,550 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Burkina Faso | 1,502 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Bolivia | 1,418 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Zambia | 1,407 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Oman | 1,399 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Libya | 1,243 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Benin | 1,225 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Tunisia | 1,211 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Liberia | 1,198 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Cuba | 1,140 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Jordan | 1,109 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Slovakia | 1,086 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 1,053 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 960.21 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 95 | North Korea | 954.94 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Afghanistan | 947.56 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Greece | 894.56 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 881.77 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Kuwait | 849.6 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Guinea | 837.49 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Niger | 831.29 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Panama | 822.71 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Honduras | 814.22 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Lebanon | 798.64 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | 770.36 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Chad | 768.16 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Haiti | 738.22 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Croatia | 736.15 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Malawi | 699.6 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Nepal | 680.09 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 677.13 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Uruguay | 673.19 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Togo | 663.58 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 633.37 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Georgia | 614.35 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Paraguay | 613.64 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Lithuania | 603.33 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Somalia | 597.81 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Namibia | 563.77 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Senegal | 563.31 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 121 | El Salvador | 539.22 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Western Sahara | 526.56 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 500.71 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Qatar | 499.79 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Congo | 495.9 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 481.3 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Madagascar | 464.32 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 463.97 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Jamaica | 461.16 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 460.69 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Central African Republic | 448 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Singapore | 447.96 km² per grid cell | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 133 | Mauritania | 434.94 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Gabon | 431.82 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Latvia | 421.38 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Gambia | 416.31 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Burundi | 390.75 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 63.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Rwanda | 369.67 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Moldova | 368.49 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Estonia | 365.48 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Slovenia | 354.69 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Mongolia | 324.03 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Guyana | 321.92 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Armenia | 321.12 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Albania | 315.76 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Lesotho | 314.83 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Hong Kong | 305.85 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Cyprus | 302.65 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 150 | North Macedonia | 299.33 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Brunei | 244.05 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Guinea-Bissau | 240.36 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Reunion | 217.46 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Laos | 201.75 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Bahamas | 171.55 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 168.91 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Eritrea | 155.22 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Suriname | 153.68 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Fiji | 152.36 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Eswatini | 152.09 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Mauritius | 142.21 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Cape Verde | 128.33 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Netherlands Antilles | 99.92 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Djibouti | 88.12 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Iceland | 84.86 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Barbados | 81.6 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 168 | New Caledonia | 78.22 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Comoros | 68.99 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.16 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 61.99 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Bhutan | 56.15 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 173 | French Guiana | 51.9 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Andorra | 49.24 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Bahrain | 44.31 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Solomon Islands | 43.46 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 178 | United States Virgin Islands | 41.74 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 179 | American Samoa | 39.47 km² per grid cell | 2025 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 35.17 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Trinidad and Tobago | 35.03 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Aruba | 31.05 km² per grid cell | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 183 | Greenland | 30.16 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Belize | 25.88 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 21.01 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Samoa | 13.46 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.63 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Grenada | 12.37 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 8.7 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Faroe Islands | 6.63 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Tonga | 6.56 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 193 | Montserrat | 6.34 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Dominica | 4.97 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.4 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Saint Lucia | 1.83 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.14 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 198 | Falkland Islands | 1.05 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 199 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.9099 km² per grid cell | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 200 | Anguilla | 0.8694 km² per grid cell | 2025 | up 8.5% | volatile |
About this data
Total built-up area of a country over time.