What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Belize and Turks and Caicos Islands?

4.87 km² per grid cell, with Belize ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Turks and Caicos Islands?

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 Turks and Caicos Islands: Urban area over the long-term

Belize

25.88 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Turks and Caicos Islands

21.01 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Belize rank

184th

Turks and Caicos Islands rank

185th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Belize
Turks and Caicos Islands

How they compare

Belize currently reports 25.88 km² per grid cell against 21.01 km² per grid cell in Turks and Caicos Islands, a difference of 4.87 km² per grid cell.

That makes Belize's figure about 1.2 times Turks and Caicos Islands's.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Belize has been ahead every year.

Belize ranks 184th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 185th of 202 countries.

Belize has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belize	Turks and Caicos Islands	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	0.0003 km² per grid cell	Belize
1300s	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0011 km² per grid cell	Belize
1400s	0.0038 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0.0036 km² per grid cell	Belize
1500s	0.0124 km² per grid cell	0.001 km² per grid cell	0.0114 km² per grid cell	Belize
1600s	0.0406 km² per grid cell	0.0062 km² per grid cell	0.0343 km² per grid cell	Belize
1700s	0.1328 km² per grid cell	0.0375 km² per grid cell	0.0953 km² per grid cell	Belize
1710s	0.1618 km² per grid cell	0.0457 km² per grid cell	0.1162 km² per grid cell	Belize
1720s	0.1918 km² per grid cell	0.0541 km² per grid cell	0.1376 km² per grid cell	Belize
1730s	0.2273 km² per grid cell	0.0641 km² per grid cell	0.1631 km² per grid cell	Belize
1740s	0.2693 km² per grid cell	0.076 km² per grid cell	0.1933 km² per grid cell	Belize
1750s	0.3191 km² per grid cell	0.0901 km² per grid cell	0.2291 km² per grid cell	Belize
1760s	0.3782 km² per grid cell	0.1067 km² per grid cell	0.2714 km² per grid cell	Belize
1770s	0.4481 km² per grid cell	0.1265 km² per grid cell	0.3217 km² per grid cell	Belize
1780s	0.5311 km² per grid cell	0.1499 km² per grid cell	0.3812 km² per grid cell	Belize
1790s	0.6293 km² per grid cell	0.1776 km² per grid cell	0.4517 km² per grid cell	Belize
1800s	0.7457 km² per grid cell	0.2105 km² per grid cell	0.5352 km² per grid cell	Belize
1810s	0.8837 km² per grid cell	0.2494 km² per grid cell	0.6343 km² per grid cell	Belize
1820s	1 km² per grid cell	0.2823 km² per grid cell	0.7178 km² per grid cell	Belize
1830s	1.13 km² per grid cell	0.3195 km² per grid cell	0.8124 km² per grid cell	Belize
1840s	1.28 km² per grid cell	0.3616 km² per grid cell	0.9191 km² per grid cell	Belize
1850s	1.45 km² per grid cell	0.4092 km² per grid cell	1.04 km² per grid cell	Belize
1860s	1.63 km² per grid cell	0.4515 km² per grid cell	1.18 km² per grid cell	Belize
1870s	1.99 km² per grid cell	0.4844 km² per grid cell	1.5 km² per grid cell	Belize
1880s	2.36 km² per grid cell	0.4983 km² per grid cell	1.86 km² per grid cell	Belize
1890s	2.67 km² per grid cell	0.4983 km² per grid cell	2.17 km² per grid cell	Belize
1900s	2.82 km² per grid cell	0.4983 km² per grid cell	2.32 km² per grid cell	Belize
1910s	2.82 km² per grid cell	0.4983 km² per grid cell	2.32 km² per grid cell	Belize
1920s	2.82 km² per grid cell	0.4983 km² per grid cell	2.32 km² per grid cell	Belize
1930s	2.82 km² per grid cell	0.5656 km² per grid cell	2.26 km² per grid cell	Belize
1940s	2.86 km² per grid cell	0.702 km² per grid cell	2.16 km² per grid cell	Belize
1950s	3.82 km² per grid cell	0.9684 km² per grid cell	2.85 km² per grid cell	Belize
1960s	4.98 km² per grid cell	1.1 km² per grid cell	3.88 km² per grid cell	Belize
1970s	6.15 km² per grid cell	1.37 km² per grid cell	4.78 km² per grid cell	Belize
1980s	7.62 km² per grid cell	2.51 km² per grid cell	5.12 km² per grid cell	Belize
1990s	10.12 km² per grid cell	5.12 km² per grid cell	5 km² per grid cell	Belize
2000s	15.09 km² per grid cell	10.2 km² per grid cell	4.89 km² per grid cell	Belize
2010s	20.93 km² per grid cell	16.32 km² per grid cell	4.61 km² per grid cell	Belize
2020s	24.91 km² per grid cell	20.47 km² per grid cell	4.43 km² per grid cell	Belize

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Belize or Turks and Caicos Islands?: Belize, at 25.88 km² per grid cell against 21.01 km² per grid cell in Turks and Caicos Islands as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Belize and Turks and Caicos Islands?: 4.87 km² per grid cell, with Belize ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Turks and Caicos Islands?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Belize and Turks and Caicos Islands rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Belize ranks 184th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 185th 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.