Helsinki
381 km²
Riga
147 km²
City Map Compare/Helsinki vs Rigavs
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Helsinki covers 381 km² of contiguous built-up land, 2.6× the built-up area of Riga (147 km²).
| Helsinki | Riga | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Helsinki | Riga |
| Population (2025) | 1.00 million | 516,897 |
| Built-up area | 381 km² | 147 km² |
| Density | 2,628 /km² | 3,516 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.