Find a city with more built-up area per resident.
Test your knowledge of Built-up area per person in a Peakle trivia climb. Each answer must be higher than the last, using m²/person as the scale.
Play Built-up area per personUnderstand the measure
Peakle turns Built-up area per person from a one-off fact question into a progressive comparison challenge. The route looks at built-up land associated with each resident, revealing a different side of urban growth than total city area or population alone. You can begin with any valid answer, then keep choosing a larger item on the published scale; familiar and surprising entries together test how well you understand the category.
This route uses m²/person as its comparison scale and keeps the 2025 UN DESA · World Urbanization Prospects 2025 dataset visible so the rules can be checked. The value relates developed urban area to population. It is an average planning indicator, not a claim that each resident has a private amount of land. Values are shown at the precision used by the source, so the goal is to compare published records consistently rather than guess at extra decimals.
A reliable approach is to choose a comfortable starting point, reserve obvious high-value answers for later, and watch for near-ties. Compare cities with different development patterns: compact cores, sprawling suburbs, and low-density settlements can occupy very different places on the route. If two candidates seem close, use the displayed value and source definition instead of relying on memory; one invalid step ends the climb, but every run teaches you more about the shape of the dataset.
The route
Pick an item from the answer bank to set your starting point.
Every next answer must be larger than the one before it on the published scale.
One wrong, repeated, or equal answer ends the climb and records your score.
Evidence behind the climb
This route uses UN DESA · World Urbanization Prospects 2025 data from 2025. The question asks you to compare Built-up area per person using the published values.
Before you climb
Choose an answer, then keep choosing a larger value measured in m²/person. The goal is to build the longest valid chain you can.
This route uses m²/person as its comparison scale and keeps the 2025 UN DESA · World Urbanization Prospects 2025 dataset visible so the rules can be checked. The value relates developed urban area to population. It is an average planning indicator, not a claim that each resident has a private amount of land. Values are shown at the precision used by the source, so the goal is to compare published records consistently rather than guess at extra decimals.
This route is based on UN DESA · World Urbanization Prospects 2025 data from 2025, using the Built-up area per person indicator. Use the source link on the page to inspect the original dataset.
Does a higher value mean better urban planning? Not by itself. It describes land use per resident, while transport, housing, and public services require separate measures.
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