What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Falkland Islands and Liechtenstein?

0.1886 km² per grid cell, with Falkland Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Falkland Islands and Liechtenstein?

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.

Falkland Islands vs Liechtenstein: Urban area over the long-term

Falkland Islands

1.05 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Liechtenstein

0.8614 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Falkland Islands rank

198th

Liechtenstein rank

201st

Urban area over the long-term over time

Falkland Islands
Liechtenstein

How they compare

Falkland Islands currently reports 1.05 km² per grid cell against 0.8614 km² per grid cell in Liechtenstein, a difference of 0.1886 km² per grid cell.

That makes Falkland Islands's figure about 1.2 times Liechtenstein's.

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

Falkland Islands ranks 198th and Liechtenstein ranks 201st of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Falkland Islands averaged higher in 8 and Liechtenstein in 32.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Falkland Islands	Liechtenstein	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1200s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1300s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1400s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1500s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0008 km² per grid cell	0.0008 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1600s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0023 km² per grid cell	0.0023 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1700s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0072 km² per grid cell	0.0071 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1710s	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0.0023 km² per grid cell	0.0019 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1720s	0.0006 km² per grid cell	0.003 km² per grid cell	0.0024 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1730s	0.0008 km² per grid cell	0.0038 km² per grid cell	0.003 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1740s	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0.0049 km² per grid cell	0.0037 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1750s	0.0017 km² per grid cell	0.0062 km² per grid cell	0.0045 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1760s	0.0025 km² per grid cell	0.008 km² per grid cell	0.0055 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1770s	0.0036 km² per grid cell	0.0102 km² per grid cell	0.0067 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1780s	0.0051 km² per grid cell	0.0131 km² per grid cell	0.008 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1790s	0.0074 km² per grid cell	0.0168 km² per grid cell	0.0094 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1800s	0.0107 km² per grid cell	0.0216 km² per grid cell	0.0109 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1810s	0.0154 km² per grid cell	0.0276 km² per grid cell	0.0122 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1820s	0.0213 km² per grid cell	0.0354 km² per grid cell	0.0142 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1830s	0.0293 km² per grid cell	0.0454 km² per grid cell	0.0161 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1840s	0.0404 km² per grid cell	0.0582 km² per grid cell	0.0179 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1850s	0.0555 km² per grid cell	0.0746 km² per grid cell	0.0191 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1860s	0.0761 km² per grid cell	0.0955 km² per grid cell	0.0194 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1870s	0.1034 km² per grid cell	0.1218 km² per grid cell	0.0184 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1880s	0.1368 km² per grid cell	0.1531 km² per grid cell	0.0163 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1890s	0.1721 km² per grid cell	0.1862 km² per grid cell	0.0142 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1900s	0.2015 km² per grid cell	0.213 km² per grid cell	0.0115 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1910s	0.2217 km² per grid cell	0.2252 km² per grid cell	0.0036 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1920s	0.2313 km² per grid cell	0.2252 km² per grid cell	0.006 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1930s	0.249 km² per grid cell	0.2252 km² per grid cell	0.0237 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1940s	0.2879 km² per grid cell	0.2365 km² per grid cell	0.0513 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1950s	0.351 km² per grid cell	0.2955 km² per grid cell	0.0555 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
1960s	0.3422 km² per grid cell	0.3603 km² per grid cell	0.0181 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1970s	0.3554 km² per grid cell	0.4371 km² per grid cell	0.0817 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1980s	0.414 km² per grid cell	0.5122 km² per grid cell	0.0982 km² per grid cell	Liechtenstein
1990s	0.7031 km² per grid cell	0.5643 km² per grid cell	0.1387 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
2000s	0.9609 km² per grid cell	0.6231 km² per grid cell	0.3378 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
2010s	0.9961 km² per grid cell	0.7038 km² per grid cell	0.2923 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands
2020s	1.04 km² per grid cell	0.8044 km² per grid cell	0.237 km² per grid cell	Falkland Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Falkland Islands or Liechtenstein?: Falkland Islands, at 1.05 km² per grid cell against 0.8614 km² per grid cell in Liechtenstein as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Falkland Islands and Liechtenstein?: 0.1886 km² per grid cell, with Falkland Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Falkland Islands and Liechtenstein?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Falkland Islands and Liechtenstein rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Falkland Islands ranks 198th and Liechtenstein ranks 201st 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.