Global density of countries by urban land area
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ShareThis area map of countries shows the sum of urban land area. The darker shades for each country indicate a higher sum of urban land area.
Type: Area Map 
Area Map
Metric
: urban land area
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There are 2 fields used on this map (including filters):
- Country: Name of country.
- Urban Land Area: 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. This field is expressed in km².
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This map is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
This map is made with Leaflet
This map can be used under the CC BY 4.0 license
