Barbados vs Iceland: Urban area over the long-term

Barbados
81.6 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Iceland
84.86 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Barbados rank
167th
Iceland rank
166th

Urban area over the long-term over time

  • Barbados
  • Iceland
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 84.86 km² per grid cell against 81.6 km² per grid cell in Barbados, a difference of 3.26 km² per grid cell.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iceland ahead.

Barbados ranks 167th and Iceland ranks 166th of 202 countries.

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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
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Total built-up area of a country over time.