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

52.17 km² per grid cell, with Eswatini ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini 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.

Eswatini vs Netherlands Antilles: Urban area over the long-term

Eswatini

152.09 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Netherlands Antilles

99.92 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Eswatini rank

160th

Netherlands Antilles rank

163rd

Urban area over the long-term over time

Eswatini
Netherlands Antilles

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 152.09 km² per grid cell against 99.92 km² per grid cell in Netherlands Antilles, a difference of 52.17 km² per grid cell.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.5 times Netherlands Antilles's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 160th and Netherlands Antilles ranks 163rd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 5 and Netherlands Antilles in 35.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eswatini	Netherlands Antilles	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Eswatini
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Eswatini
1200s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1300s	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1400s	0.0007 km² per grid cell	0.0036 km² per grid cell	0.0029 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1500s	0.0024 km² per grid cell	0.02 km² per grid cell	0.0177 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1600s	0.0083 km² per grid cell	0.0858 km² per grid cell	0.0775 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1700s	0.0358 km² per grid cell	0.3085 km² per grid cell	0.2728 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1710s	0.0453 km² per grid cell	0.3601 km² per grid cell	0.3148 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1720s	0.0552 km² per grid cell	0.4098 km² per grid cell	0.3547 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1730s	0.0664 km² per grid cell	0.4681 km² per grid cell	0.4016 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1740s	0.0794 km² per grid cell	0.5365 km² per grid cell	0.4572 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1750s	0.0941 km² per grid cell	0.6175 km² per grid cell	0.5234 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1760s	0.111 km² per grid cell	0.7136 km² per grid cell	0.6026 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1770s	0.1303 km² per grid cell	0.8283 km² per grid cell	0.6981 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1780s	0.1522 km² per grid cell	0.9657 km² per grid cell	0.8136 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1790s	0.1771 km² per grid cell	1.13 km² per grid cell	0.9541 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1800s	0.2053 km² per grid cell	1.33 km² per grid cell	1.13 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1810s	0.2373 km² per grid cell	1.57 km² per grid cell	1.34 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1820s	0.2736 km² per grid cell	1.78 km² per grid cell	1.51 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1830s	0.3146 km² per grid cell	2.02 km² per grid cell	1.7 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1840s	0.361 km² per grid cell	2.29 km² per grid cell	1.93 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1850s	0.4133 km² per grid cell	2.6 km² per grid cell	2.19 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1860s	0.5005 km² per grid cell	3.43 km² per grid cell	2.93 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1870s	0.6062 km² per grid cell	4.11 km² per grid cell	3.51 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1880s	0.7341 km² per grid cell	5.29 km² per grid cell	4.55 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1890s	0.889 km² per grid cell	6.37 km² per grid cell	5.48 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1900s	1.08 km² per grid cell	7.71 km² per grid cell	6.63 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1910s	1.39 km² per grid cell	9.19 km² per grid cell	7.8 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1920s	1.77 km² per grid cell	10.46 km² per grid cell	8.69 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1930s	2.39 km² per grid cell	13.98 km² per grid cell	11.6 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1940s	2.48 km² per grid cell	22.06 km² per grid cell	19.58 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1950s	5.74 km² per grid cell	36.83 km² per grid cell	31.09 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1960s	12.8 km² per grid cell	43.38 km² per grid cell	30.57 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1970s	24.61 km² per grid cell	54.69 km² per grid cell	30.08 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1980s	43.96 km² per grid cell	63.03 km² per grid cell	19.06 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1990s	66.38 km² per grid cell	70.05 km² per grid cell	3.67 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
2000s	84.16 km² per grid cell	71.11 km² per grid cell	13.05 km² per grid cell	Eswatini
2010s	109.06 km² per grid cell	88.87 km² per grid cell	20.19 km² per grid cell	Eswatini
2020s	140.08 km² per grid cell	97.76 km² per grid cell	42.32 km² per grid cell	Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Eswatini or Netherlands Antilles?: Eswatini, at 152.09 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 Eswatini and Netherlands Antilles?: 52.17 km² per grid cell, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Netherlands Antilles?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Eswatini and Netherlands Antilles rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Eswatini ranks 160th 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.