Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Aruba or Trinidad and Tobago?

Trinidad and Tobago, at 35.03 km² per grid cell against 31.05 km² per grid cell in Aruba as of 2025.

What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Aruba and Trinidad and Tobago?

3.98 km² per grid cell, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Trinidad and Tobago?

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.

Aruba vs Trinidad and Tobago: Urban area over the long-term

Aruba

31.05 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Trinidad and Tobago

35.03 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Aruba rank

182nd

Trinidad and Tobago rank

181st

Urban area over the long-term over time

Aruba
Trinidad and Tobago

How they compare

Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 35.03 km² per grid cell against 31.05 km² per grid cell in Aruba, a difference of 3.98 km² per grid cell.

That makes Trinidad and Tobago's figure about 1.1 times Aruba's.

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

Aruba ranks 182nd and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 181st of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Aruba averaged higher in 22 and Trinidad and Tobago in 18.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Aruba	Trinidad and Tobago	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1200s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1300s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1400s	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1500s	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0011 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1600s	0.0071 km² per grid cell	0.0005 km² per grid cell	0.0066 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1700s	0.0416 km² per grid cell	0.0031 km² per grid cell	0.0385 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1710s	0.046 km² per grid cell	0.0052 km² per grid cell	0.0408 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1720s	0.056 km² per grid cell	0.0086 km² per grid cell	0.0475 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1730s	0.0677 km² per grid cell	0.014 km² per grid cell	0.0536 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1740s	0.0811 km² per grid cell	0.0231 km² per grid cell	0.058 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1750s	0.0961 km² per grid cell	0.0379 km² per grid cell	0.0582 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1760s	0.1126 km² per grid cell	0.0623 km² per grid cell	0.0503 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1770s	0.1302 km² per grid cell	0.1023 km² per grid cell	0.0279 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1780s	0.1488 km² per grid cell	0.1681 km² per grid cell	0.0193 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1790s	0.1684 km² per grid cell	0.2762 km² per grid cell	0.1078 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1800s	0.189 km² per grid cell	0.4538 km² per grid cell	0.2648 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1810s	0.2113 km² per grid cell	0.7455 km² per grid cell	0.5342 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1820s	0.2255 km² per grid cell	1.22 km² per grid cell	0.9993 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1830s	0.2413 km² per grid cell	1.41 km² per grid cell	1.17 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1840s	0.26 km² per grid cell	1.74 km² per grid cell	1.48 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1850s	0.2828 km² per grid cell	2.14 km² per grid cell	1.86 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1860s	0.3433 km² per grid cell	2.98 km² per grid cell	2.63 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1870s	0.4545 km² per grid cell	3.9 km² per grid cell	3.45 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1880s	0.813 km² per grid cell	5.67 km² per grid cell	4.86 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1890s	1.09 km² per grid cell	7.08 km² per grid cell	5.99 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1900s	1.59 km² per grid cell	8.23 km² per grid cell	6.64 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1910s	1.79 km² per grid cell	8.88 km² per grid cell	7.09 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1920s	1.87 km² per grid cell	8.92 km² per grid cell	7.05 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1930s	3.4 km² per grid cell	8.92 km² per grid cell	5.53 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1940s	8.81 km² per grid cell	9.13 km² per grid cell	0.3281 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1950s	14.56 km² per grid cell	13.28 km² per grid cell	1.27 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1960s	18.2 km² per grid cell	12.68 km² per grid cell	5.52 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1970s	20.38 km² per grid cell	11.58 km² per grid cell	8.8 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1980s	22.09 km² per grid cell	11.83 km² per grid cell	10.26 km² per grid cell	Aruba
1990s	27.01 km² per grid cell	13.2 km² per grid cell	13.81 km² per grid cell	Aruba
2000s	31.03 km² per grid cell	18.42 km² per grid cell	12.62 km² per grid cell	Aruba
2010s	31.05 km² per grid cell	25.8 km² per grid cell	5.26 km² per grid cell	Aruba
2020s	31.05 km² per grid cell	32.81 km² per grid cell	1.75 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Aruba or Trinidad and Tobago?: Trinidad and Tobago, at 35.03 km² per grid cell against 31.05 km² per grid cell in Aruba as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Aruba and Trinidad and Tobago?: 3.98 km² per grid cell, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Trinidad and Tobago?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Aruba and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Aruba ranks 182nd and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 181st 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.