American Samoa vs Solomon Islands: Urban area over the long-term
American Samoa
39.47 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Solomon Islands
43.46 km² per grid cell
in 2025
American Samoa rank
179th
Solomon Islands rank
177th
Urban area over the long-term over time
- American Samoa
- Solomon Islands
How they compare
Solomon Islands currently reports 43.46 km² per grid cell against 39.47 km² per grid cell in American Samoa, a difference of 3.99 km² per grid cell.
That makes Solomon Islands's figure about 1.1 times American Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was American Samoa ahead.
American Samoa ranks 179th and Solomon Islands ranks 177th of 202 countries.
American Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | American Samoa | Solomon Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1100s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1200s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1300s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1400s | 0.0001 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0.0001 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1500s | 0.0004 km² per grid cell | 0.0001 km² per grid cell | 0.0003 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1600s | 0.0019 km² per grid cell | 0.0005 km² per grid cell | 0.0014 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1700s | 0.0088 km² per grid cell | 0.0022 km² per grid cell | 0.0066 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1710s | 0.0115 km² per grid cell | 0.0026 km² per grid cell | 0.009 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1720s | 0.0152 km² per grid cell | 0.0037 km² per grid cell | 0.0115 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1730s | 0.02 km² per grid cell | 0.0053 km² per grid cell | 0.0146 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1740s | 0.0263 km² per grid cell | 0.0077 km² per grid cell | 0.0186 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1750s | 0.0346 km² per grid cell | 0.0111 km² per grid cell | 0.0235 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1760s | 0.0455 km² per grid cell | 0.0159 km² per grid cell | 0.0296 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1770s | 0.0598 km² per grid cell | 0.0228 km² per grid cell | 0.0371 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1780s | 0.0787 km² per grid cell | 0.0325 km² per grid cell | 0.0462 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1790s | 0.1036 km² per grid cell | 0.0463 km² per grid cell | 0.0573 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1800s | 0.1363 km² per grid cell | 0.0658 km² per grid cell | 0.0705 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1810s | 0.1793 km² per grid cell | 0.0933 km² per grid cell | 0.0861 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1820s | 0.2365 km² per grid cell | 0.1113 km² per grid cell | 0.1252 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1830s | 0.3116 km² per grid cell | 0.1324 km² per grid cell | 0.1792 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1840s | 0.4093 km² per grid cell | 0.1572 km² per grid cell | 0.2522 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1850s | 0.5339 km² per grid cell | 0.1861 km² per grid cell | 0.3478 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1860s | 0.6859 km² per grid cell | 0.2198 km² per grid cell | 0.4661 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1870s | 0.9132 km² per grid cell | 0.2539 km² per grid cell | 0.6593 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1880s | 1.17 km² per grid cell | 0.2929 km² per grid cell | 0.8731 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1890s | 1.42 km² per grid cell | 0.3373 km² per grid cell | 1.08 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1900s | 1.66 km² per grid cell | 0.3882 km² per grid cell | 1.27 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1910s | 1.9 km² per grid cell | 0.4466 km² per grid cell | 1.46 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1920s | 2.36 km² per grid cell | 0.5516 km² per grid cell | 1.81 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1930s | 3.04 km² per grid cell | 0.6816 km² per grid cell | 2.36 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1940s | 4.13 km² per grid cell | 0.8428 km² per grid cell | 3.29 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1950s | 7.81 km² per grid cell | 1.41 km² per grid cell | 6.4 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1960s | 10.1 km² per grid cell | 2.81 km² per grid cell | 7.29 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1970s | 13.94 km² per grid cell | 4.87 km² per grid cell | 9.07 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1980s | 20.21 km² per grid cell | 8.63 km² per grid cell | 11.58 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 1990s | 30.89 km² per grid cell | 13.28 km² per grid cell | 17.61 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 2000s | 38.29 km² per grid cell | 19.62 km² per grid cell | 18.67 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 2010s | 39.66 km² per grid cell | 29.13 km² per grid cell | 10.53 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
| 2020s | 41.54 km² per grid cell | 39.53 km² per grid cell | 2.01 km² per grid cell | American Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher urban area over the long-term, American Samoa or Solomon Islands?
- Solomon Islands, at 43.46 km² per grid cell against 39.47 km² per grid cell in American Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between American Samoa and Solomon Islands?
- 3.99 km² per grid cell, with Solomon Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa and Solomon Islands?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do American Samoa and Solomon Islands rank globally for urban area over the long-term?
- American Samoa ranks 179th and Solomon Islands ranks 177th of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total built-up area of a country over time.