What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Dominica and Faroe Islands?

1.66 km² per grid cell, with Faroe Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Faroe 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.

Dominica vs Faroe Islands: Urban area over the long-term

Dominica

4.97 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Faroe Islands

6.63 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Dominica rank

194th

Faroe Islands rank

191st

Urban area over the long-term over time

Dominica
Faroe Islands

How they compare

Faroe Islands currently reports 6.63 km² per grid cell against 4.97 km² per grid cell in Dominica, a difference of 1.66 km² per grid cell.

That makes Faroe Islands's figure about 1.3 times Dominica's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Faroe Islands ahead.

Dominica ranks 194th and Faroe Islands ranks 191st of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Dominica averaged higher in 23 and Faroe Islands in 17.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominica	Faroe Islands	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1200s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1300s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1400s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1500s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1600s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1700s	0.0005 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1710s	0.0006 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1720s	0.0008 km² per grid cell	0.0005 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1730s	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0.0008 km² per grid cell	0.0005 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1740s	0.0018 km² per grid cell	0.0011 km² per grid cell	0.0007 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1750s	0.0026 km² per grid cell	0.0017 km² per grid cell	0.0009 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1760s	0.0038 km² per grid cell	0.0026 km² per grid cell	0.0013 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1770s	0.0056 km² per grid cell	0.0039 km² per grid cell	0.0017 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1780s	0.0082 km² per grid cell	0.0058 km² per grid cell	0.0024 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1790s	0.0119 km² per grid cell	0.0087 km² per grid cell	0.0032 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1800s	0.0174 km² per grid cell	0.013 km² per grid cell	0.0043 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1810s	0.0253 km² per grid cell	0.0196 km² per grid cell	0.0058 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1820s	0.0369 km² per grid cell	0.0293 km² per grid cell	0.0076 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1830s	0.0538 km² per grid cell	0.044 km² per grid cell	0.0098 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1840s	0.0785 km² per grid cell	0.066 km² per grid cell	0.0125 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1850s	0.1119 km² per grid cell	0.099 km² per grid cell	0.0129 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1860s	0.1663 km² per grid cell	0.1485 km² per grid cell	0.0179 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1870s	0.2242 km² per grid cell	0.2227 km² per grid cell	0.0016 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1880s	0.2773 km² per grid cell	0.3334 km² per grid cell	0.0561 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1890s	0.2264 km² per grid cell	0.4961 km² per grid cell	0.2697 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1900s	0.3407 km² per grid cell	0.7234 km² per grid cell	0.3827 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1910s	0.407 km² per grid cell	1 km² per grid cell	0.5952 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1920s	0.4353 km² per grid cell	1.16 km² per grid cell	0.7281 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1930s	0.4353 km² per grid cell	1.24 km² per grid cell	0.8023 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1940s	0.7626 km² per grid cell	1.28 km² per grid cell	0.516 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1950s	0.9925 km² per grid cell	1.43 km² per grid cell	0.4372 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1960s	1.52 km² per grid cell	1.98 km² per grid cell	0.4562 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1970s	2.67 km² per grid cell	2.7 km² per grid cell	0.0353 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
1980s	3.54 km² per grid cell	3.21 km² per grid cell	0.3274 km² per grid cell	Dominica
1990s	3.75 km² per grid cell	3.56 km² per grid cell	0.1948 km² per grid cell	Dominica
2000s	4.1 km² per grid cell	4.69 km² per grid cell	0.598 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
2010s	4.45 km² per grid cell	5.57 km² per grid cell	1.12 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands
2020s	4.83 km² per grid cell	6.32 km² per grid cell	1.5 km² per grid cell	Faroe Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Dominica or Faroe Islands?: Faroe Islands, at 6.63 km² per grid cell against 4.97 km² per grid cell in Dominica as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Dominica and Faroe Islands?: 1.66 km² per grid cell, with Faroe Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Faroe Islands?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Dominica and Faroe Islands rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Dominica ranks 194th and Faroe Islands ranks 191st 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.