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Urban land area sq km

Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.Source:
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Country
Urban land area (sq. km)Urban land area (sq. km)Year
1
United States
802,053.6
2010
2
China
380,679.3
2010
3
India
222,688.2
2010
4
Russia
187,538.1
2010
5
Brazil
134,981.4
2010
6
Canada
126,511.2
2010
7
Japan
108,678.2
2010
8
Mexico
102,418.1
2010
9
France
86,463.1
2010
10
Italy
73,540.9
2010
11
Spain
69,794.6
2010
12
Iran
69,242.8
2010
13
Germany
62,374.2
2010
14
United Kingdom
58,698.8
2010
15
Argentina
55,032.2
2010
16
South Africa
53,460.3
2010
17
Turkey
44,090.2
2010
18
Indonesia
42,076.8
2010
19
Saudi Arabia
41,223.7
2010
20
Australia
36,745.7
2010
21
Thailand
36,597.0
2010
22
Colombia
36,132.1
2010
23
Pakistan
35,871.9
2010
24
Venezuela
34,403.9
2010
25
Ukraine
32,160.2
2010
26
Sweden
31,152.3
2010
27
Poland
30,501.3
2010
28
Algeria
30,195.8
2010
29
Egypt
24,270.2
2010
30
South Korea
21,922.0
2010
31
Norway
20,282.2
2010
32
Finland
20,052.2
2010
33
Greece
18,519.2
2010
34
Nigeria
17,196.2
2010
35
Peru
16,425.8
2010
36
Romania
15,594.8
2010
37
Malaysia
15,565.0
2010
38
Netherlands
12,803.0
2010
39
Portugal
12,764.7
2010
40
Iraq
12,429.9
2010
41
Belgium
12,349.2
2010
42
Morocco
12,057.4
2010
43
Chile
12,027.5
2010
44
Syria
11,955.2
2010
45
Bangladesh
11,125.4
2010
46
Ecuador
10,905.7
2010
47
Philippines
10,817.4
2010
48
Libya
10,082.9
2010
49
Tunisia
9,897.9
2010
50
Cuba
9,572.4
2010
51
Denmark
9,295.2
2010
52
Democratic Republic Of Congo
9,061.7
2010
53
United Arab Emirates
8,568.2
2010
54
Puerto Rico
8,511.4
2010
55
New Zealand
8,116.3
2010
56
Switzerland
7,898.1
2010
57
Belarus
7,783.0
2010
58
Vietnam
7,589.0
2010
59
Myanmar
6,960.0
2010
60
Bulgaria
6,678.9
2010
61
Sudan
6,517.5
2010
62
Israel
6,399.0
2010
63
Ghana
6,239.4
2010
64
Oman
5,651.4
2010
65
Republic of Ireland
5,638.4
2010
66
Croatia
5,302.8
2010
67
Ethiopia
5,166.7
2010
68
Dominican Republic
5,089.4
2010
69
Yemen
4,703.4
2010
70
Uruguay
4,689.7
2010
71
Lithuania
4,610.9
2010
72
Kenya
4,187.6
2010
73
Guatemala
4,132.4
2010
74
Costa Rica
4,051.6
2010
75
Sri Lanka
4,016.1
2010
76
Kuwait
3,942.3
2010
77
Honduras
3,702.4
2010
78
Cameroon
3,680.4
2010
79
Georgia
3,602.8
2010
80
El Salvador
3,598.3
2010
81
Ivory Coast
3,466.2
2010
82
Tanzania
3,405.8
2010
83
Jordan
3,384.0
2010
84
Latvia
3,278.5
2010
85
Jamaica
3,000.6
2010
86
Mali
2,910.4
2010
87
Panama
2,892.1
2010
88
Nicaragua
2,882.4
2010
89
Mozambique
2,739.1
2010
90
Republic of Macedonia
2,667.4
2010
91
Estonia
2,614.7
2010
92
Moldova
2,607.5
2010
93
Slovenia
2,509.2
2010
94
Namibia
2,467.8
2010
95
North Korea
2,343.6
2010
96
Lebanon
2,317.4
2010
97
Trinidad and Tobago
2,286.7
2010
98
Cyprus
2,280.4
2010
99
Madagascar
2,272.4
2010
100
Papua New Guinea
2,003.6
2010
101
Malawi
1,815.1
2010
102
Senegal
1,796.2
2010
103
Fiji
1,746.6
2010
104
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,723.1
2010
105
Albania
1,689.4
2010
106
Togo
1,663.1
2010
107
Qatar
1,495.1
2010
108
Guinea
1,473.6
2010
109
Benin
1,447.2
2010
110
Angola
1,427.0
2010
111
Mauritius
1,276.0
2010
112
Cambodia
1,152.1
2010
113
Republic of the Congo
1,087.2
2010
114
Iceland
1,023.8
2010
115
Laos
1,018.8
2010
116
Brunei
1,017.1
2010
117
Hong Kong
901.5
2010
118
Gabon
836.5
2010
119
Swaziland
802.3
2010
120
Luxembourg
801.1
2010
121
Mauritania
771.6
2010
122
Haiti
764.3
2010
123
Sierra Leone
710.5
2010
124
Suriname
692.7
2010
125
Guyana
626.8
2010
126
Singapore
565.6
2010
127
Bahrain
549.3
2010
128
Guam
516.0
2010
129
Belize
508.1
2010
130
Gambia
446.2
2010
131
Liberia
434.3
2010
132
The Bahamas
425.9
2010
133
Barbados
420.4
2010
134
Somalia
398.7
2010
135
Eritrea
366.6
2010
136
East Timor
359.4
2010
137
Saint Lucia
351.2
2010
138
Faroe Islands
335.5
2010
139
Guinea-Bissau
306.3
2010
140
Virgin Islands (US)
302.0
2010
141
Malta
293.3
2010
142
Antigua and Barbuda
266.3
2010
143
Dominica
251.3
2010
144
Federated States of Micronesia
243.1
2010
145
Isle Of Man
241.9
2010
146
French Polynesia
238.1
2010
147
Saint Kitts And Nevis
230.7
2010
148
New Caledonia
208.4
2010
149
Comoros
196.4
2010
150
Tonga
181.8
2010
151
Cape Verde
180.4
2010
152
Aruba
172.8
2010
153
Grenada
169.5
2010
154
Cayman Islands
161.0
2010
155
Djibouti
149.8
2010
156
Seychelles
122.5
2010
157
American Samoa
116.2
2010
158
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
111.7
2010
159
Northern Mariana Islands
108.5
2010
160
Samoa
108.1
2010
161
Vanuatu
97.8
2010
162
Equatorial Guinea
97.5
2010
163
Solomon Islands
72.1
2010
164
São Tomé and Príncipe
68.2
2010
165
San Marino
57.8
2010
166
Virgin Islands (British)
51.5
2010
167
Bermuda
38.6
2010
168
Greenland
33.3
2010
169
Palau
30.7
2010
170
Macao
17.7
2010
171
Turks And Caicos Islands
17.5
2010
172
Nauru
12.0
2010
173
Gibraltar
4.5
2010
174
Kiribati
3.6
2010
175
Monaco
1.9
2010
176
Tuvalu
0.0
2010
177
Marshall Islands
0.0
2010
178
Maldives
0.0
2010
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