Barbados vs Martinique: Urban area over the long-term
Barbados
81.6 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Martinique
95.46 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Barbados rank
167th
Martinique rank
164th
Urban area over the long-term over time
- Barbados
- Martinique
How they compare
Martinique currently reports 95.46 km² per grid cell against 81.6 km² per grid cell in Barbados, a difference of 13.86 km² per grid cell.
That makes Martinique's figure about 1.2 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Martinique ahead.
Barbados ranks 167th and Martinique ranks 164th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 27 and Martinique in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Martinique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | Martinique |
| 1100s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | Martinique |
| 1200s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0.0001 km² per grid cell | 0.0001 km² per grid cell | Martinique |
| 1300s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0.0007 km² per grid cell | 0.0007 km² per grid cell | Martinique |
| 1400s | 0.0001 km² per grid cell | 0.004 km² per grid cell | 0.0039 km² per grid cell | Martinique |
| 1500s | 0.0015 km² per grid cell | 0.0241 km² per grid cell | 0.0225 km² per grid cell | Martinique |
| 1600s | 0.0186 km² per grid cell | 0.0361 km² per grid cell | 0.0175 km² per grid cell | Martinique |
| 1700s | 0.2232 km² per grid cell | 0.0542 km² per grid cell | 0.169 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1710s | 0.19 km² per grid cell | 0.0654 km² per grid cell | 0.1246 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1720s | 0.2375 km² per grid cell | 0.0915 km² per grid cell | 0.146 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1730s | 0.2968 km² per grid cell | 0.1281 km² per grid cell | 0.1688 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1740s | 0.3711 km² per grid cell | 0.1793 km² per grid cell | 0.1917 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1750s | 0.4638 km² per grid cell | 0.2511 km² per grid cell | 0.2128 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1760s | 0.5798 km² per grid cell | 0.3515 km² per grid cell | 0.2283 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1770s | 0.7247 km² per grid cell | 0.4921 km² per grid cell | 0.2326 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1780s | 0.9059 km² per grid cell | 0.6889 km² per grid cell | 0.217 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1790s | 1.13 km² per grid cell | 0.9644 km² per grid cell | 0.1679 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1800s | 1.42 km² per grid cell | 1.35 km² per grid cell | 0.0653 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1810s | 2.03 km² per grid cell | 1.89 km² per grid cell | 0.1446 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1820s | 2.87 km² per grid cell | 2.35 km² per grid cell | 0.5293 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1830s | 4 km² per grid cell | 2.91 km² per grid cell | 1.1 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1840s | 5.51 km² per grid cell | 3.59 km² per grid cell | 1.92 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1850s | 7.48 km² per grid cell | 4.41 km² per grid cell | 3.07 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1860s | 9.71 km² per grid cell | 5.33 km² per grid cell | 4.38 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1870s | 12.27 km² per grid cell | 6.49 km² per grid cell | 5.78 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1880s | 14.88 km² per grid cell | 7.57 km² per grid cell | 7.31 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1890s | 17.1 km² per grid cell | 8.42 km² per grid cell | 8.68 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1900s | 18.66 km² per grid cell | 8.99 km² per grid cell | 9.67 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1910s | 19.55 km² per grid cell | 9.44 km² per grid cell | 10.11 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1920s | 20.56 km² per grid cell | 9.56 km² per grid cell | 11.01 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1930s | 22.37 km² per grid cell | 10.05 km² per grid cell | 12.33 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1940s | 25.74 km² per grid cell | 11.15 km² per grid cell | 14.58 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1950s | 34.16 km² per grid cell | 15.33 km² per grid cell | 18.83 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1960s | 36.89 km² per grid cell | 27.71 km² per grid cell | 9.17 km² per grid cell | Barbados |
| 1970s | 41.05 km² per grid cell | 42.95 km² per grid cell | 1.9 km² per grid cell | Martinique |
| 1980s | 41.8 km² per grid cell | 58.89 km² per grid cell | 17.09 km² per grid cell | Martinique |
| 1990s | 41.67 km² per grid cell | 72.87 km² per grid cell | 31.2 km² per grid cell | Martinique |
| 2000s | 51.41 km² per grid cell | 81.3 km² per grid cell | 29.88 km² per grid cell | Martinique |
| 2010s | 69.02 km² per grid cell | 87.37 km² per grid cell | 18.35 km² per grid cell | Martinique |
| 2020s | 78.1 km² per grid cell | 93.93 km² per grid cell | 15.83 km² per grid cell | Martinique |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Barbados or Martinique?
- Martinique, at 95.46 km² per grid cell against 81.6 km² per grid cell in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Barbados and Martinique?
- 13.86 km² per grid cell, with Martinique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Martinique?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Martinique rank globally for urban area over the long-term?
- Barbados ranks 167th and Martinique ranks 164th 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
Total built-up area of a country over time.