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

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Belize 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.

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

Belize

25.88 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Trinidad and Tobago

35.03 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Belize rank

184th

Trinidad and Tobago rank

181st

Urban area over the long-term over time

Belize
Trinidad and Tobago

How they compare

Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 35.03 km² per grid cell against 25.88 km² per grid cell in Belize, a difference of 9.15 km² per grid cell.

That makes Trinidad and Tobago's figure about 1.4 times Belize's.

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

Belize ranks 184th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 181st of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 19 and Trinidad and Tobago in 21.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belize	Trinidad and Tobago	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Belize
1100s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Belize
1200s	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	Belize
1300s	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0012 km² per grid cell	Belize
1400s	0.0038 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0038 km² per grid cell	Belize
1500s	0.0124 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0123 km² per grid cell	Belize
1600s	0.0406 km² per grid cell	0.0005 km² per grid cell	0.0401 km² per grid cell	Belize
1700s	0.1328 km² per grid cell	0.0031 km² per grid cell	0.1297 km² per grid cell	Belize
1710s	0.1618 km² per grid cell	0.0052 km² per grid cell	0.1566 km² per grid cell	Belize
1720s	0.1918 km² per grid cell	0.0086 km² per grid cell	0.1832 km² per grid cell	Belize
1730s	0.2273 km² per grid cell	0.014 km² per grid cell	0.2132 km² per grid cell	Belize
1740s	0.2693 km² per grid cell	0.0231 km² per grid cell	0.2462 km² per grid cell	Belize
1750s	0.3191 km² per grid cell	0.0379 km² per grid cell	0.2812 km² per grid cell	Belize
1760s	0.3782 km² per grid cell	0.0623 km² per grid cell	0.3159 km² per grid cell	Belize
1770s	0.4481 km² per grid cell	0.1023 km² per grid cell	0.3458 km² per grid cell	Belize
1780s	0.5311 km² per grid cell	0.1681 km² per grid cell	0.3629 km² per grid cell	Belize
1790s	0.6293 km² per grid cell	0.2762 km² per grid cell	0.3531 km² per grid cell	Belize
1800s	0.7457 km² per grid cell	0.4538 km² per grid cell	0.2919 km² per grid cell	Belize
1810s	0.8837 km² per grid cell	0.7455 km² per grid cell	0.1382 km² per grid cell	Belize
1820s	1 km² per grid cell	1.22 km² per grid cell	0.2247 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1830s	1.13 km² per grid cell	1.41 km² per grid cell	0.2813 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1840s	1.28 km² per grid cell	1.74 km² per grid cell	0.46 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1850s	1.45 km² per grid cell	2.14 km² per grid cell	0.6941 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1860s	1.63 km² per grid cell	2.98 km² per grid cell	1.34 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1870s	1.99 km² per grid cell	3.9 km² per grid cell	1.92 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1880s	2.36 km² per grid cell	5.67 km² per grid cell	3.31 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1890s	2.67 km² per grid cell	7.08 km² per grid cell	4.41 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1900s	2.82 km² per grid cell	8.23 km² per grid cell	5.41 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1910s	2.82 km² per grid cell	8.88 km² per grid cell	6.06 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1920s	2.82 km² per grid cell	8.92 km² per grid cell	6.1 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1930s	2.82 km² per grid cell	8.92 km² per grid cell	6.1 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1940s	2.86 km² per grid cell	9.13 km² per grid cell	6.27 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1950s	3.82 km² per grid cell	13.28 km² per grid cell	9.47 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1960s	4.98 km² per grid cell	12.68 km² per grid cell	7.7 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1970s	6.15 km² per grid cell	11.58 km² per grid cell	5.43 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1980s	7.62 km² per grid cell	11.83 km² per grid cell	4.21 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
1990s	10.12 km² per grid cell	13.2 km² per grid cell	3.09 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
2000s	15.09 km² per grid cell	18.42 km² per grid cell	3.33 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
2010s	20.93 km² per grid cell	25.8 km² per grid cell	4.87 km² per grid cell	Trinidad and Tobago
2020s	24.91 km² per grid cell	32.81 km² per grid cell	7.9 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, Belize or Trinidad and Tobago?: Trinidad and Tobago, at 35.03 km² per grid cell against 25.88 km² per grid cell in Belize as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Belize and Trinidad and Tobago?: 9.15 km² per grid cell, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Trinidad and Tobago?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Belize and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Belize ranks 184th 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.