Distribution of urban land area per country

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This bar chart displays urban land area (km²) by country using the aggregation sum. The data is from the countries entity.

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There are 2 fields used on this chart (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 chart is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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