Urban land area (sq. km) - Country Ranking - Middle East
Definition: 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: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 69,242.77 | 2010 |
| 2 | Turkey | 44,090.16 | 2010 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 41,223.74 | 2010 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 35,871.94 | 2010 |
| 5 | Iraq | 12,429.92 | 2010 |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 11,955.20 | 2010 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 8,568.16 | 2010 |
| 8 | Israel | 6,399.02 | 2010 |
| 9 | Oman | 5,651.35 | 2010 |
| 10 | Yemen | 4,703.40 | 2010 |
| 11 | Kuwait | 3,942.30 | 2010 |
| 12 | Jordan | 3,383.97 | 2010 |
| 13 | Lebanon | 2,317.42 | 2010 |
| 14 | Qatar | 1,495.15 | 2010 |
| 15 | Bahrain | 549.28 | 2010 |
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Statistical Concept and Methodology: The Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1) urban extent grid distinguishes urban and rural areas 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 dataset is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), The World Bank, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)
Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
