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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.

wb-indicators:AG.LND.TOTL.UR.K2

Urban land area (sq. km)

World Bank

Publisher
World Bank
Source
World Bank Indicators (wb-indicators)
Status
Active
Formats
JSON
Licence
CC-BY-4.0 — World Bank Terms — CC BY 4.0 (Indicators API) · open
Standard
WB API v2
Countries
262 countries and areas — see list below
Dataset id
wb-indicators:AG.LND.TOTL.UR.K2
Last verified
2026-09-27

Geographic coverage

Urban land area (sq. km) carries observations for 262 countries and areas:

Aruba · Africa Eastern and Southern · Afghanistan · Africa Western and Central · Angola · Albania · Andorra · Arab World · United Arab Emirates · Argentina · Armenia · American Samoa · Antigua and Barbuda · Australia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Burundi · Belgium · Benin · Burkina Faso · Bangladesh · Bulgaria · Bahrain · Bahamas, The · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Belarus · Belize · Bermuda · Bolivia · Brazil · Barbados · Brunei Darussalam · Bhutan · Botswana · Central African Republic · Canada · Central Europe and the Baltics · Switzerland · Chile · China · Cote d'Ivoire · Cameroon · Congo, Dem. Rep. · Congo, Rep. · Colombia · Comoros · Cabo Verde · Costa Rica · Caribbean small states · Cuba · Curacao · Cayman Islands · Cyprus · Czechia · Germany · Djibouti · Dominica · Denmark · Dominican Republic · Algeria · East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) · Early-demographic dividend · East Asia & Pacific · Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) · Europe & Central Asia · Ecuador · Egypt, Arab Rep. · Euro area · Eritrea · Spain · Estonia · Ethiopia · European Union · Finland · Fiji · France · Faroe Islands · Micronesia, Fed. Sts. · Gabon · United Kingdom · Georgia · Ghana · Gibraltar · Guinea · Gambia, The · Guinea-Bissau · Equatorial Guinea · Greece · Grenada · Greenland · Guatemala · Guam · Guyana · Hong Kong SAR, China · Honduras · Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) · Croatia · Haiti · Hungary · IBRD only · IDA & IBRD total · IDA total · IDA blend · Indonesia · IDA only · Isle of Man · India · Ireland · Iran, Islamic Rep. · Iraq · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Jamaica · Jordan · Japan · Kazakhstan · Kenya · Kyrgyz Republic · Cambodia · Kiribati · St. Kitts and Nevis · Korea, Rep. · Kuwait · Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) · Lao PDR · Lebanon · Liberia · Libya · St. Lucia · Latin America & Caribbean · Least developed countries: UN classification · Liechtenstein · Sri Lanka · Low & middle income · Lesotho · Late-demographic dividend · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Latvia · Macao SAR, China · St. Martin (French part) · Morocco · Monaco · Moldova · Madagascar · Maldives · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Mexico · Marshall Islands · Middle income · North Macedonia · Mali · Malta · Myanmar · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) · Montenegro · Mongolia · Northern Mariana Islands · Mozambique · Mauritania · Mauritius · Malawi · Malaysia · North America · Namibia · New Caledonia · Niger · Nigeria · Nicaragua · Netherlands · Norway · Nepal · Naoero · New Zealand · OECD members · Oman · Other small states · Pakistan · Panama · Peru · Philippines · Palau · Papua New Guinea · Poland · Pre-demographic dividend · Puerto Rico (US) · Korea, Dem. People's Rep. · Portugal · Paraguay · West Bank and Gaza · Pacific island small states · Post-demographic dividend · French Polynesia · Qatar · Romania · Russian Federation · Rwanda · South Asia · Saudi Arabia · Sudan · Senegal · Singapore · Solomon Islands · Sierra Leone · El Salvador · San Marino · Somalia, Fed. Rep. · Serbia · Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) · South Sudan · Sub-Saharan Africa · Small states · Sao Tome and Principe · Suriname · Slovak Republic · Slovenia · Sweden · Eswatini · Sint Maarten (Dutch part) · Seychelles · Syrian Arab Republic · Turks and Caicos Islands · Chad · East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) · Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) · Togo · Thailand · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) · Timor-Leste · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) · Tonga · South Asia (IDA & IBRD) · Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) · Trinidad and Tobago · Tunisia · Turkiye · Tuvalu · Tanzania · Uganda · Ukraine · Uruguay · United States · Uzbekistan · St. Vincent and the Grenadines · Venezuela, RB · British Virgin Islands · Virgin Islands (U.S.) · Viet Nam · Vanuatu · World · Samoa · High income · Low income · Lower middle income · Upper middle income · Yemen, Rep. · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe