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

2.57 km² per grid cell, with Antigua and Barbuda ahead.

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

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 Saint Lucia: Urban area over the long-term

Antigua and Barbuda

4.4 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Saint Lucia

1.83 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Antigua and Barbuda rank

195th

Saint Lucia rank

196th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Antigua and Barbuda
Saint Lucia

How they compare

Antigua and Barbuda currently reports 4.4 km² per grid cell against 1.83 km² per grid cell in Saint Lucia, a difference of 2.57 km² per grid cell.

That makes Antigua and Barbuda's figure about 2.4 times Saint Lucia's.

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

Antigua and Barbuda ranks 195th and Saint Lucia ranks 196th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Antigua and Barbuda averaged higher in 19 and Saint Lucia in 21.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint Lucia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1200s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1300s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1400s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1500s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1600s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0011 km² per grid cell	0.0011 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1700s	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0.0037 km² per grid cell	0.0035 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1710s	0.0008 km² per grid cell	0.0048 km² per grid cell	0.004 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1720s	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0.0063 km² per grid cell	0.005 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1730s	0.0018 km² per grid cell	0.0081 km² per grid cell	0.0063 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1740s	0.0027 km² per grid cell	0.0106 km² per grid cell	0.0079 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1750s	0.004 km² per grid cell	0.0137 km² per grid cell	0.0098 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1760s	0.0059 km² per grid cell	0.0178 km² per grid cell	0.0119 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1770s	0.0087 km² per grid cell	0.0231 km² per grid cell	0.0144 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1780s	0.0129 km² per grid cell	0.03 km² per grid cell	0.0171 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1790s	0.0191 km² per grid cell	0.039 km² per grid cell	0.0199 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1800s	0.0283 km² per grid cell	0.0506 km² per grid cell	0.0223 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1810s	0.0419 km² per grid cell	0.0657 km² per grid cell	0.0238 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1820s	0.0621 km² per grid cell	0.0815 km² per grid cell	0.0194 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1830s	0.092 km² per grid cell	0.1011 km² per grid cell	0.0091 km² per grid cell	Saint Lucia
1840s	0.1362 km² per grid cell	0.1253 km² per grid cell	0.0108 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1850s	0.189 km² per grid cell	0.1554 km² per grid cell	0.0336 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1860s	0.242 km² per grid cell	0.1923 km² per grid cell	0.0498 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1870s	0.3071 km² per grid cell	0.237 km² per grid cell	0.0701 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1880s	0.3895 km² per grid cell	0.2875 km² per grid cell	0.102 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1890s	0.5011 km² per grid cell	0.3361 km² per grid cell	0.165 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1900s	0.5662 km² per grid cell	0.3683 km² per grid cell	0.1979 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1910s	0.5963 km² per grid cell	0.374 km² per grid cell	0.2223 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1920s	0.5963 km² per grid cell	0.374 km² per grid cell	0.2223 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1930s	0.5963 km² per grid cell	0.374 km² per grid cell	0.2223 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1940s	0.7819 km² per grid cell	0.374 km² per grid cell	0.4079 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1950s	1.57 km² per grid cell	0.3938 km² per grid cell	1.17 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1960s	2 km² per grid cell	0.4918 km² per grid cell	1.51 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1970s	2.34 km² per grid cell	0.6468 km² per grid cell	1.69 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1980s	2.29 km² per grid cell	0.8613 km² per grid cell	1.43 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
1990s	2.35 km² per grid cell	1.11 km² per grid cell	1.24 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
2000s	2.88 km² per grid cell	1.24 km² per grid cell	1.64 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
2010s	3.55 km² per grid cell	1.47 km² per grid cell	2.08 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda
2020s	4.19 km² per grid cell	1.73 km² per grid cell	2.46 km² per grid cell	Antigua and Barbuda

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 Saint Lucia?: Antigua and Barbuda, at 4.4 km² per grid cell against 1.83 km² per grid cell in Saint Lucia as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia?: 2.57 km² per grid cell, with Antigua and Barbuda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Antigua and Barbuda ranks 195th and Saint Lucia ranks 196th 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.