What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Cape Verde and Netherlands Antilles?

28.41 km² per grid cell, with Cape Verde ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Netherlands Antilles?

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.

Cape Verde vs Netherlands Antilles: Urban area over the long-term

Cape Verde

128.33 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Netherlands Antilles

99.92 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Cape Verde rank

162nd

Netherlands Antilles rank

163rd

Urban area over the long-term over time

Cape Verde
Netherlands Antilles

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 128.33 km² per grid cell against 99.92 km² per grid cell in Netherlands Antilles, a difference of 28.41 km² per grid cell.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.3 times Netherlands Antilles's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Netherlands Antilles ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 162nd and Netherlands Antilles ranks 163rd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 8 and Netherlands Antilles in 32.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Netherlands Antilles	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1200s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1300s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1400s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0036 km² per grid cell	0.0036 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1500s	0 km² per grid cell	0.02 km² per grid cell	0.02 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1600s	0.0311 km² per grid cell	0.0858 km² per grid cell	0.0547 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1700s	0.1867 km² per grid cell	0.3085 km² per grid cell	0.1218 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1710s	0.2743 km² per grid cell	0.3601 km² per grid cell	0.0858 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1720s	0.3255 km² per grid cell	0.4098 km² per grid cell	0.0844 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1730s	0.3862 km² per grid cell	0.4681 km² per grid cell	0.0819 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1740s	0.4582 km² per grid cell	0.5365 km² per grid cell	0.0784 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1750s	0.5436 km² per grid cell	0.6175 km² per grid cell	0.0739 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1760s	0.645 km² per grid cell	0.7136 km² per grid cell	0.0686 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1770s	0.7653 km² per grid cell	0.8283 km² per grid cell	0.063 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1780s	0.9081 km² per grid cell	0.9657 km² per grid cell	0.0577 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1790s	1.08 km² per grid cell	1.13 km² per grid cell	0.0537 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1800s	1.28 km² per grid cell	1.33 km² per grid cell	0.0526 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1810s	1.52 km² per grid cell	1.57 km² per grid cell	0.0568 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1820s	1.8 km² per grid cell	1.78 km² per grid cell	0.018 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1830s	2.14 km² per grid cell	2.02 km² per grid cell	0.1162 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1840s	2.53 km² per grid cell	2.29 km² per grid cell	0.2434 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1850s	3.01 km² per grid cell	2.6 km² per grid cell	0.4062 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1860s	3.57 km² per grid cell	3.43 km² per grid cell	0.1337 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1870s	4.23 km² per grid cell	4.11 km² per grid cell	0.12 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
1880s	5.02 km² per grid cell	5.29 km² per grid cell	0.265 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1890s	5.96 km² per grid cell	6.37 km² per grid cell	0.408 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1900s	7.07 km² per grid cell	7.71 km² per grid cell	0.6388 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1910s	8.39 km² per grid cell	9.19 km² per grid cell	0.8006 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1920s	9.95 km² per grid cell	10.46 km² per grid cell	0.5118 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1930s	11.81 km² per grid cell	13.98 km² per grid cell	2.18 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1940s	14 km² per grid cell	22.06 km² per grid cell	8.07 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1950s	19.47 km² per grid cell	36.83 km² per grid cell	17.36 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1960s	24.43 km² per grid cell	43.38 km² per grid cell	18.95 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1970s	21.41 km² per grid cell	54.69 km² per grid cell	33.28 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1980s	24.9 km² per grid cell	63.03 km² per grid cell	38.13 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1990s	45.75 km² per grid cell	70.05 km² per grid cell	24.3 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
2000s	69.84 km² per grid cell	71.11 km² per grid cell	1.27 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
2010s	98.2 km² per grid cell	88.87 km² per grid cell	9.33 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde
2020s	122.22 km² per grid cell	97.76 km² per grid cell	24.46 km² per grid cell	Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Cape Verde or Netherlands Antilles?: Cape Verde, at 128.33 km² per grid cell against 99.92 km² per grid cell in Netherlands Antilles as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Cape Verde and Netherlands Antilles?: 28.41 km² per grid cell, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Netherlands Antilles?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Cape Verde and Netherlands Antilles rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Cape Verde ranks 162nd and Netherlands Antilles ranks 163rd 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.