What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Bahamas and Guinea-Bissau?

68.81 km² per grid cell, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Guinea-Bissau?

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.

Bahamas vs Guinea-Bissau: Urban area over the long-term

Bahamas

171.55 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Guinea-Bissau

240.36 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Bahamas rank

155th

Guinea-Bissau rank

152nd

Urban area over the long-term over time

Bahamas
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 240.36 km² per grid cell against 171.55 km² per grid cell in Bahamas, a difference of 68.81 km² per grid cell.

That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.4 times Bahamas's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bahamas ahead.

Bahamas ranks 155th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 152nd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 27 and Guinea-Bissau in 13.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahamas	Guinea-Bissau	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1100s	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1200s	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0.0013 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1300s	0.004 km² per grid cell	0.0046 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1400s	0.013 km² per grid cell	0.0156 km² per grid cell	0.0026 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1500s	0.0425 km² per grid cell	0.0536 km² per grid cell	0.0111 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1600s	0.1391 km² per grid cell	0.1838 km² per grid cell	0.0447 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1700s	0.4552 km² per grid cell	0.6302 km² per grid cell	0.1749 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1710s	0.5632 km² per grid cell	0.7209 km² per grid cell	0.1578 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1720s	0.6773 km² per grid cell	0.8023 km² per grid cell	0.125 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1730s	0.8145 km² per grid cell	0.8935 km² per grid cell	0.079 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1740s	0.9796 km² per grid cell	0.9958 km² per grid cell	0.0162 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1750s	1.18 km² per grid cell	1.11 km² per grid cell	0.0673 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1760s	1.42 km² per grid cell	1.24 km² per grid cell	0.1767 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1770s	1.7 km² per grid cell	1.39 km² per grid cell	0.3179 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1780s	2.05 km² per grid cell	1.55 km² per grid cell	0.4984 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1790s	2.46 km² per grid cell	1.74 km² per grid cell	0.727 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1800s	2.96 km² per grid cell	1.95 km² per grid cell	1.01 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1810s	3.56 km² per grid cell	2.19 km² per grid cell	1.37 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1820s	4.03 km² per grid cell	2.47 km² per grid cell	1.57 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1830s	4.56 km² per grid cell	2.78 km² per grid cell	1.78 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1840s	5.17 km² per grid cell	3.15 km² per grid cell	2.02 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1850s	5.85 km² per grid cell	5.22 km² per grid cell	0.6289 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1860s	6.62 km² per grid cell	5.89 km² per grid cell	0.7283 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1870s	8.28 km² per grid cell	6.71 km² per grid cell	1.57 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1880s	10.36 km² per grid cell	7.88 km² per grid cell	2.47 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1890s	12.9 km² per grid cell	9.26 km² per grid cell	3.65 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1900s	15.86 km² per grid cell	10.87 km² per grid cell	4.99 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1910s	18.73 km² per grid cell	12.77 km² per grid cell	5.96 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1920s	22.32 km² per grid cell	14.84 km² per grid cell	7.48 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1930s	24.12 km² per grid cell	18.87 km² per grid cell	5.25 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1940s	24.7 km² per grid cell	23.74 km² per grid cell	0.9639 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1950s	28.75 km² per grid cell	37.6 km² per grid cell	8.85 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau
1960s	45.47 km² per grid cell	44.52 km² per grid cell	0.9535 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1970s	68.66 km² per grid cell	44.52 km² per grid cell	24.15 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1980s	95.71 km² per grid cell	45 km² per grid cell	50.71 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
1990s	128.5 km² per grid cell	62.09 km² per grid cell	66.41 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
2000s	149.55 km² per grid cell	83.27 km² per grid cell	66.29 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
2010s	160.78 km² per grid cell	119.25 km² per grid cell	41.52 km² per grid cell	Bahamas
2020s	168.7 km² per grid cell	212.23 km² per grid cell	43.53 km² per grid cell	Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Bahamas or Guinea-Bissau?: Guinea-Bissau, at 240.36 km² per grid cell against 171.55 km² per grid cell in Bahamas as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Bahamas and Guinea-Bissau?: 68.81 km² per grid cell, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Guinea-Bissau?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Bahamas and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Bahamas ranks 155th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 152nd 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.