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Countries Ranked by Urban land area (sq. km)

Showing every country with available data for 2015 • World Bank: AG.LND.TOTL.UR.K2

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported urban land area (sq. km) data for 2015, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 215 countries reporting, the median value is 1,500.49, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

China

522,345.19

Europe & Central Asia

Russian Federation

52,886.95

Latin America & Caribbean

Brazil

45,853.34

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Pakistan

39,082.02

North America

United States

186,573.45

South Asia

India

171,839.18

Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria

25,189.87

Rank Country Urban land area (sq. km)
1 China 522,345.19
2 United States 186,573.45
3 India 171,839.18
4 Indonesia 67,755.13
5 Bangladesh 56,970.02
6 Japan 53,452.06
7 Russian Federation 52,886.95
8 Brazil 45,853.34
9 Pakistan 39,082.02
10 Germany 36,996.44
11 Viet Nam 28,615.41
12 Mexico 28,588.13
13 Nigeria 25,189.87
14 France 23,030.66
15 United Kingdom 22,675.98
16 Italy 20,916.72
17 Thailand 19,506.66
18 Egypt, Arab Rep. 18,917.96
19 Ukraine 16,271.30
20 Iran, Islamic Rep. 16,217.10
21 Spain 15,655.07
22 Turkiye 15,460.69
23 Uzbekistan 15,432.20
24 South Africa 15,118.66
25 Poland 14,773.80
26 Canada 13,983.11
27 Korea, Rep. 12,473.41
28 Philippines 12,151.47
29 Australia 11,945.99
30 Argentina 11,432.73
31 Malaysia 11,417.64
32 Algeria 9,357.10
33 Netherlands 8,322.49
34 Saudi Arabia 7,756.63
35 Belgium 7,730.88
36 Congo, Dem. Rep. 7,232.35
37 Iraq 6,572.97
38 Kazakhstan 6,363.39
39 Venezuela, RB 6,248.97
40 Myanmar 5,783.53
41 Ethiopia 5,760.66
42 Ghana 5,559.55
43 Tanzania 5,282.87
44 Romania 5,124.83
45 Colombia 5,114.56
46 Syrian Arab Republic 5,092.25
47 Morocco 4,621.35
48 Portugal 4,165.15
49 Sweden 4,064.23
50 Czechia 4,023.40
51 Switzerland 4,016.82
52 Afghanistan 3,993.84
53 Hungary 3,928.83
54 Uganda 3,854.12
55 Sudan 3,789.64
56 Tajikistan 3,745.36
57 Sri Lanka 3,627.83
58 Chile 3,579.67
59 Peru 3,457.87
60 Kenya 3,416.84
61 Cuba 3,053.18
62 Nepal 3,041.75
63 Angola 2,991.35
64 Cote d'Ivoire 2,981.96
65 Austria 2,973.71
66 Libya 2,958.15
67 Mozambique 2,943.20
68 Guatemala 2,900.62
69 Belarus 2,882.60
70 Tunisia 2,877.95
71 Greece 2,748.66
72 Israel 2,743.73
73 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 2,678.34
74 Azerbaijan 2,589.86
75 Dominican Republic 2,504.49
76 Puerto Rico (US) 2,390.73
77 Cameroon 2,352.11
78 Serbia 2,323.39
79 Ecuador 2,293.85
80 United Arab Emirates 2,263.11
81 Finland 2,242.66
82 Denmark 2,235.49
83 Jordan 2,170.09
84 Kyrgyz Republic 2,136.34
85 Bulgaria 2,109.34
86 Zambia 2,079.14
87 Zimbabwe 2,024.49
88 Norway 2,007.78
89 Benin 2,005.91
90 Turkmenistan 2,004.62
91 New Zealand 1,970.29
92 Lebanon 1,871.97
93 Cambodia 1,838.75
94 Slovak Republic 1,805.39
95 Yemen, Rep. 1,795.36
96 Bolivia 1,767.52
97 Madagascar 1,660.59
98 Croatia 1,648.41
99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,641.93
100 West Bank and Gaza 1,629.72
101 Burkina Faso 1,599.30
102 Honduras 1,576.93
103 Moldova 1,576.10
104 Senegal 1,566.40
105 El Salvador 1,559.87
106 Rwanda 1,506.23
107 Mali 1,505.02
108 Oman 1,500.49
109 Costa Rica 1,475.94
110 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 1,451.27
111 Guinea 1,390.66
112 Haiti 1,326.10
113 Paraguay 1,320.83
114 Niger 1,313.95
115 Ireland 1,261.39
116 Lithuania 1,185.85
117 Georgia 1,130.16
118 Panama 1,070.98
119 Jamaica 1,022.33
120 Uruguay 1,017.87
121 Nicaragua 992.83
122 Chad 948.82
123 Armenia 922.34
124 Togo 895.22
125 Burundi 887.84
126 Albania 827.69
127 Trinidad and Tobago 812.96
128 Slovenia 804.81
129 Botswana 804.35
130 Kuwait 772.94
131 Malawi 770.86
132 Sierra Leone 713.58
133 North Macedonia 701.27
134 Qatar 678.05
135 Latvia 676.27
136 South Sudan 666.35
137 Liberia 652.56
138 Lao PDR 542.17
139 Central African Republic 535.38
140 Cyprus 518.98
141 Hong Kong SAR, China 516.71
142 Mauritius 475.80
143 Singapore 454.08
144 Estonia 449.97
145 Congo, Rep. 420.26
146 Papua New Guinea 415.40
147 Mauritania 373.54
148 Mongolia 354.98
149 Namibia 342.32
150 Gambia, The 338.75
151 Eritrea 331.19
152 Bahrain 330.29
153 Gabon 311.60
154 Montenegro 294.65
155 Luxembourg 283.50
156 Suriname 261.40
157 Lesotho 249.94
158 Bahamas, The 203.74
159 Brunei Darussalam 199.17
160 Guinea-Bissau 196.26
161 Barbados 187.59
162 Eswatini 177.92
163 Malta 173.52
164 Guyana 165.73
165 Comoros 142.53
166 Equatorial Guinea 136.73
167 Belize 122.90
168 Curacao 118.12
169 Fiji 117.26
170 Iceland 107.56
171 Aruba 97.34
172 New Caledonia 89.00
173 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 86.37
174 French Polynesia 84.94
175 Guam 83.80
176 Timor-Leste 74.47
177 St. Lucia 72.57
178 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 68.76
179 Grenada 68.52
180 Cabo Verde 59.55
181 Djibouti 51.25
182 Samoa 46.68
183 Cayman Islands 43.97
184 Bermuda 41.97
185 Liechtenstein 38.36
186 Isle of Man 38.31
187 Solomon Islands 37.83
188 Antigua and Barbuda 31.86
189 Andorra 30.94
190 Tonga 29.65
191 Bhutan 28.60
192 Vanuatu 27.94
193 Northern Mariana Islands 25.56
194 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 24.87
195 Turks and Caicos Islands 24.43
196 American Samoa 23.44
197 San Marino 22.01
198 St. Martin (French part) 21.51
199 Dominica 21.00
200 Macao SAR, China 17.76
201 British Virgin Islands 14.45
202 Maldives 14.35
203 Seychelles 13.37
204 St. Kitts and Nevis 11.74
205 Sao Tome and Principe 10.25
206 Marshall Islands 8.62
207 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 7.52
208 Gibraltar 7.40
209 Nauru 6.98
210 Kiribati 5.19
211 Palau 4.89
212 Monaco 2.78
213 Greenland 2.58
214 Tuvalu 0.00
215 Faroe Islands 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (AG.LND.TOTL.UR.K2), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2015; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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