What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Anguilla and Falkland Islands?

0.1806 km² per grid cell, with Falkland Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Anguilla and Falkland Islands?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

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.

Anguilla vs Falkland Islands: Urban area over the long-term

Anguilla

0.8694 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Falkland Islands

1.05 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Anguilla rank

200th

Falkland Islands rank

198th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Anguilla
Falkland Islands

How they compare

Falkland Islands currently reports 1.05 km² per grid cell against 0.8694 km² per grid cell in Anguilla, a difference of 0.1806 km² per grid cell.

That makes Falkland Islands's figure about 1.2 times Anguilla's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Anguilla ahead.

Anguilla ranks 200th and Falkland Islands ranks 198th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Anguilla averaged higher in 23 and Falkland Islands in 17.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Anguilla	Falkland Islands	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1200s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1300s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1400s	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1500s	0.0014 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0014 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1600s	0.0041 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0041 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1700s	0.0075 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0074 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1710s	0.0088 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0.0084 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1720s	0.01 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	0.0094 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1730s	0.0114 km² per grid cell	0.0008 km² per grid cell	0.0106 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1740s	0.0133 km² per grid cell	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0.0121 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1750s	0.0154 km² per grid cell	0.0017 km² per grid cell	0.0137 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1760s	0.0177 km² per grid cell	0.0025 km² per grid cell	0.0152 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1770s	0.0203 km² per grid cell	0.0036 km² per grid cell	0.0168 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1780s	0.0233 km² per grid cell	0.0051 km² per grid cell	0.0182 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1790s	0.0268 km² per grid cell	0.0074 km² per grid cell	0.0194 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1800s	0.0308 km² per grid cell	0.0107 km² per grid cell	0.0201 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1810s	0.0356 km² per grid cell	0.0154 km² per grid cell	0.0202 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1820s	0.0413 km² per grid cell	0.0213 km² per grid cell	0.02 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1830s	0.0466 km² per grid cell	0.0293 km² per grid cell	0.0173 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1840s	0.0487 km² per grid cell	0.0404 km² per grid cell	0.0083 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1850s	0.0557 km² per grid cell	0.0555 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	Anguilla
1860s	0.0592 km² per grid cell	0.0761 km² per grid cell	0.0169 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1870s	0.062 km² per grid cell	0.1034 km² per grid cell	0.0415 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1880s	0.0768 km² per grid cell	0.1368 km² per grid cell	0.0601 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1890s	0.098 km² per grid cell	0.1721 km² per grid cell	0.074 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1900s	0.1183 km² per grid cell	0.2015 km² per grid cell	0.0832 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1910s	0.1369 km² per grid cell	0.2217 km² per grid cell	0.0847 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1920s	0.1528 km² per grid cell	0.2313 km² per grid cell	0.0785 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1930s	0.2022 km² per grid cell	0.249 km² per grid cell	0.0468 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1940s	0.2487 km² per grid cell	0.2879 km² per grid cell	0.0392 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1950s	0.2728 km² per grid cell	0.351 km² per grid cell	0.0782 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1960s	0.3095 km² per grid cell	0.3422 km² per grid cell	0.0326 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1970s	0.3408 km² per grid cell	0.3554 km² per grid cell	0.0146 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1980s	0.3637 km² per grid cell	0.414 km² per grid cell	0.0502 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1990s	0.5129 km² per grid cell	0.7031 km² per grid cell	0.1902 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
2000s	0.6706 km² per grid cell	0.9609 km² per grid cell	0.2903 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
2010s	0.7951 km² per grid cell	0.9961 km² per grid cell	0.201 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
2020s	0.8573 km² per grid cell	1.04 km² per grid cell	0.184 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Anguilla or Falkland Islands?: Falkland Islands, at 1.05 km² per grid cell against 0.8694 km² per grid cell in Anguilla as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Anguilla and Falkland Islands?: 0.1806 km² per grid cell, with Falkland Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Anguilla and Falkland Islands?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Anguilla and Falkland Islands rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Anguilla ranks 200th and Falkland Islands ranks 198th 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

Indicator: Urban area over the long-term
Unit: km² per grid cell
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total built-up area of a country over time.