What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Djibouti and Martinique?

7.34 km² per grid cell, with Martinique ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Martinique?

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.

Djibouti vs Martinique: Urban area over the long-term

Djibouti

88.12 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Martinique

95.46 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Djibouti rank

165th

Martinique rank

164th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Djibouti
Martinique

How they compare

Martinique currently reports 95.46 km² per grid cell against 88.12 km² per grid cell in Djibouti, a difference of 7.34 km² per grid cell.

That makes Martinique's figure about 1.1 times Djibouti's.

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

Djibouti ranks 165th and Martinique ranks 164th of 202 regions.

Across the 40 decades both report, Djibouti averaged higher in 15 and Martinique in 25.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Djibouti	Martinique	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1100s	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1200s	0.0006 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0005 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1300s	0.0022 km² per grid cell	0.0007 km² per grid cell	0.0015 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1400s	0.0073 km² per grid cell	0.004 km² per grid cell	0.0032 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1500s	0.0242 km² per grid cell	0.0241 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1600s	0.0771 km² per grid cell	0.0361 km² per grid cell	0.041 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1700s	0.2449 km² per grid cell	0.0542 km² per grid cell	0.1908 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1710s	0.2815 km² per grid cell	0.0654 km² per grid cell	0.2162 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1720s	0.3113 km² per grid cell	0.0915 km² per grid cell	0.2198 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1730s	0.3444 km² per grid cell	0.1281 km² per grid cell	0.2163 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1740s	0.3812 km² per grid cell	0.1793 km² per grid cell	0.2019 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1750s	0.4221 km² per grid cell	0.2511 km² per grid cell	0.1711 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1760s	0.4677 km² per grid cell	0.3515 km² per grid cell	0.1162 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1770s	0.5185 km² per grid cell	0.4921 km² per grid cell	0.0265 km² per grid cell	Djibouti
1780s	0.5753 km² per grid cell	0.6889 km² per grid cell	0.1136 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1790s	0.6387 km² per grid cell	0.9644 km² per grid cell	0.3257 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1800s	0.7097 km² per grid cell	1.35 km² per grid cell	0.6404 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1810s	0.7894 km² per grid cell	1.89 km² per grid cell	1.1 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1820s	0.879 km² per grid cell	2.35 km² per grid cell	1.47 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1830s	0.9801 km² per grid cell	2.91 km² per grid cell	1.93 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1840s	1.09 km² per grid cell	3.59 km² per grid cell	2.5 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1850s	1.64 km² per grid cell	4.41 km² per grid cell	2.77 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1860s	1.8 km² per grid cell	5.33 km² per grid cell	3.53 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1870s	1.97 km² per grid cell	6.49 km² per grid cell	4.52 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1880s	2.18 km² per grid cell	7.57 km² per grid cell	5.4 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1890s	2.4 km² per grid cell	8.42 km² per grid cell	6.02 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1900s	2.69 km² per grid cell	8.99 km² per grid cell	6.3 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1910s	2.94 km² per grid cell	9.44 km² per grid cell	6.5 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1920s	2.99 km² per grid cell	9.56 km² per grid cell	6.57 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1930s	2.99 km² per grid cell	10.05 km² per grid cell	7.06 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1940s	2.99 km² per grid cell	11.15 km² per grid cell	8.17 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1950s	3.04 km² per grid cell	15.33 km² per grid cell	12.29 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1960s	5.02 km² per grid cell	27.71 km² per grid cell	22.69 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1970s	11.77 km² per grid cell	42.95 km² per grid cell	31.18 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1980s	25.43 km² per grid cell	58.89 km² per grid cell	33.47 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1990s	41.55 km² per grid cell	72.87 km² per grid cell	31.32 km² per grid cell	Martinique
2000s	56.63 km² per grid cell	81.3 km² per grid cell	24.66 km² per grid cell	Martinique
2010s	71.34 km² per grid cell	87.37 km² per grid cell	16.03 km² per grid cell	Martinique
2020s	84.14 km² per grid cell	93.93 km² per grid cell	9.78 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, Djibouti or Martinique?: Martinique, at 95.46 km² per grid cell against 88.12 km² per grid cell in Djibouti as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Djibouti and Martinique?: 7.34 km² per grid cell, with Martinique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Martinique?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Djibouti and Martinique rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Djibouti ranks 165th and Martinique ranks 164th of 202 regions.
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.