Barbados vs Equatorial Guinea: Urban area over the long-term

Barbados
81.6 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
64.16 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Barbados rank
167th
Equatorial Guinea rank
170th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Barbados
  • Equatorial Guinea
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 81.6 km² per grid cell against 64.16 km² per grid cell in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 17.44 km² per grid cell.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.3 times Equatorial Guinea's.

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

Barbados ranks 167th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 170th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 36 and Equatorial Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1000s 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1100s 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1200s 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1300s 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell Equatorial Guinea
1400s 0.0001 km² per grid cell 0.0001 km² per grid cell 0 km² per grid cell Barbados
1500s 0.0015 km² per grid cell 0.0003 km² per grid cell 0.0013 km² per grid cell Barbados
1600s 0.0186 km² per grid cell 0.0009 km² per grid cell 0.0177 km² per grid cell Barbados
1700s 0.2232 km² per grid cell 0.003 km² per grid cell 0.2202 km² per grid cell Barbados
1710s 0.19 km² per grid cell 0.0047 km² per grid cell 0.1853 km² per grid cell Barbados
1720s 0.2375 km² per grid cell 0.0063 km² per grid cell 0.2312 km² per grid cell Barbados
1730s 0.2968 km² per grid cell 0.0084 km² per grid cell 0.2884 km² per grid cell Barbados
1740s 0.3711 km² per grid cell 0.0114 km² per grid cell 0.3597 km² per grid cell Barbados
1750s 0.4638 km² per grid cell 0.0153 km² per grid cell 0.4485 km² per grid cell Barbados
1760s 0.5798 km² per grid cell 0.0205 km² per grid cell 0.5592 km² per grid cell Barbados
1770s 0.7247 km² per grid cell 0.0276 km² per grid cell 0.6971 km² per grid cell Barbados
1780s 0.9059 km² per grid cell 0.0372 km² per grid cell 0.8687 km² per grid cell Barbados
1790s 1.13 km² per grid cell 0.05 km² per grid cell 1.08 km² per grid cell Barbados
1800s 1.42 km² per grid cell 0.0672 km² per grid cell 1.35 km² per grid cell Barbados
1810s 2.03 km² per grid cell 0.0903 km² per grid cell 1.94 km² per grid cell Barbados
1820s 2.87 km² per grid cell 0.1214 km² per grid cell 2.75 km² per grid cell Barbados
1830s 4 km² per grid cell 0.1631 km² per grid cell 3.84 km² per grid cell Barbados
1840s 5.51 km² per grid cell 0.2193 km² per grid cell 5.29 km² per grid cell Barbados
1850s 7.48 km² per grid cell 0.2947 km² per grid cell 7.19 km² per grid cell Barbados
1860s 9.71 km² per grid cell 0.417 km² per grid cell 9.29 km² per grid cell Barbados
1870s 12.27 km² per grid cell 0.5892 km² per grid cell 11.68 km² per grid cell Barbados
1880s 14.88 km² per grid cell 0.8365 km² per grid cell 14.04 km² per grid cell Barbados
1890s 17.1 km² per grid cell 1.17 km² per grid cell 15.93 km² per grid cell Barbados
1900s 18.66 km² per grid cell 1.39 km² per grid cell 17.27 km² per grid cell Barbados
1910s 19.55 km² per grid cell 1.46 km² per grid cell 18.1 km² per grid cell Barbados
1920s 20.56 km² per grid cell 1.46 km² per grid cell 19.1 km² per grid cell Barbados
1930s 22.37 km² per grid cell 1.7 km² per grid cell 20.68 km² per grid cell Barbados
1940s 25.74 km² per grid cell 1.99 km² per grid cell 23.74 km² per grid cell Barbados
1950s 34.16 km² per grid cell 3.45 km² per grid cell 30.71 km² per grid cell Barbados
1960s 36.89 km² per grid cell 5.09 km² per grid cell 31.8 km² per grid cell Barbados
1970s 41.05 km² per grid cell 5.23 km² per grid cell 35.82 km² per grid cell Barbados
1980s 41.8 km² per grid cell 7.91 km² per grid cell 33.89 km² per grid cell Barbados
1990s 41.67 km² per grid cell 15.48 km² per grid cell 26.18 km² per grid cell Barbados
2000s 51.41 km² per grid cell 25.14 km² per grid cell 26.27 km² per grid cell Barbados
2010s 69.02 km² per grid cell 42.4 km² per grid cell 26.62 km² per grid cell Barbados
2020s 78.1 km² per grid cell 59.41 km² per grid cell 18.68 km² per grid cell Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Barbados or Equatorial Guinea?
Barbados, at 81.6 km² per grid cell against 64.16 km² per grid cell in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Barbados and Equatorial Guinea?
17.44 km² per grid cell, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Equatorial Guinea?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Barbados and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for urban area over the long-term?
Barbados ranks 167th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 170th 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
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Total built-up area of a country over time.