What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica?

0.57 km² per grid cell, with Dominica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica?

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.

Antigua and Barbuda vs Dominica: Urban area over the long-term

Antigua and Barbuda

4.4 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Dominica

4.97 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Antigua and Barbuda rank

195th

Dominica rank

194th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica

How they compare

Dominica currently reports 4.97 km² per grid cell against 4.4 km² per grid cell in Antigua and Barbuda, a difference of 0.57 km² per grid cell.

That makes Dominica's figure about 1.1 times Antigua and Barbuda's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Antigua and Barbuda ahead.

Antigua and Barbuda ranks 195th and Dominica ranks 194th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Antigua and Barbuda averaged higher in 28 and Dominica in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Antigua and Barbuda	Dominica	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1200s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1300s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1400s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1500s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1600s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1700s	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0.0005 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1710s	0.0008 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1720s	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0.0008 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1730s	0.0018 km² per grid cell	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1740s	0.0027 km² per grid cell	0.0018 km² per grid cell	0.0009 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1750s	0.004 km² per grid cell	0.0026 km² per grid cell	0.0013 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1760s	0.0059 km² per grid cell	0.0038 km² per grid cell	0.002 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1770s	0.0087 km² per grid cell	0.0056 km² per grid cell	0.0031 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1780s	0.0129 km² per grid cell	0.0082 km² per grid cell	0.0047 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1790s	0.0191 km² per grid cell	0.0119 km² per grid cell	0.0072 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1800s	0.0283 km² per grid cell	0.0174 km² per grid cell	0.0109 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1810s	0.0419 km² per grid cell	0.0253 km² per grid cell	0.0166 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1820s	0.0621 km² per grid cell	0.0369 km² per grid cell	0.0252 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1830s	0.092 km² per grid cell	0.0538 km² per grid cell	0.0381 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1840s	0.1362 km² per grid cell	0.0785 km² per grid cell	0.0577 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1850s	0.189 km² per grid cell	0.1119 km² per grid cell	0.0771 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1860s	0.242 km² per grid cell	0.1663 km² per grid cell	0.0757 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1870s	0.3071 km² per grid cell	0.2242 km² per grid cell	0.0829 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1880s	0.3895 km² per grid cell	0.2773 km² per grid cell	0.1122 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1890s	0.5011 km² per grid cell	0.2264 km² per grid cell	0.2747 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1900s	0.5662 km² per grid cell	0.3407 km² per grid cell	0.2255 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1910s	0.5963 km² per grid cell	0.407 km² per grid cell	0.1893 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1920s	0.5963 km² per grid cell	0.4353 km² per grid cell	0.1609 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1930s	0.5963 km² per grid cell	0.4353 km² per grid cell	0.1609 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1940s	0.7819 km² per grid cell	0.7626 km² per grid cell	0.0193 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1950s	1.57 km² per grid cell	0.9925 km² per grid cell	0.5742 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1960s	2 km² per grid cell	1.52 km² per grid cell	0.4797 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1970s	2.34 km² per grid cell	2.67 km² per grid cell	0.327 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1980s	2.29 km² per grid cell	3.54 km² per grid cell	1.24 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1990s	2.35 km² per grid cell	3.75 km² per grid cell	1.4 km² per grid cell	Dominica
2000s	2.88 km² per grid cell	4.1 km² per grid cell	1.21 km² per grid cell	Dominica
2010s	3.55 km² per grid cell	4.45 km² per grid cell	0.8965 km² per grid cell	Dominica
2020s	4.19 km² per grid cell	4.83 km² per grid cell	0.6366 km² per grid cell	Dominica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Antigua and Barbuda or Dominica?: Dominica, at 4.97 km² per grid cell against 4.4 km² per grid cell in Antigua and Barbuda as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica?: 0.57 km² per grid cell, with Dominica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Antigua and Barbuda ranks 195th and Dominica ranks 194th 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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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: 30 October 2026

Total built-up area of a country over time.