What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between French Guiana and Guadeloupe?

6.31 km² per grid cell, with French Guiana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for French Guiana and Guadeloupe?

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.

French Guiana vs Guadeloupe: Urban area over the long-term

French Guiana

51.9 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Guadeloupe

45.59 km² per grid cell

in 2025

French Guiana rank

173rd

Guadeloupe rank

175th

Urban area over the long-term over time

French Guiana
Guadeloupe

How they compare

French Guiana currently reports 51.9 km² per grid cell against 45.59 km² per grid cell in Guadeloupe, a difference of 6.31 km² per grid cell.

That makes French Guiana's figure about 1.1 times Guadeloupe's.

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

French Guiana ranks 173rd and Guadeloupe ranks 175th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, French Guiana averaged higher in 1 and Guadeloupe in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade	French Guiana	Guadeloupe	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0013 km² per grid cell	0.0012 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1200s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0042 km² per grid cell	0.0041 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1300s	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0.0138 km² per grid cell	0.0134 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1400s	0.0015 km² per grid cell	0.0449 km² per grid cell	0.0434 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1500s	0.0048 km² per grid cell	0.1356 km² per grid cell	0.1308 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1600s	0.0157 km² per grid cell	0.3168 km² per grid cell	0.3012 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1700s	0.0512 km² per grid cell	0.6213 km² per grid cell	0.5701 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1710s	0.0641 km² per grid cell	0.7251 km² per grid cell	0.661 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1720s	0.078 km² per grid cell	0.8253 km² per grid cell	0.7473 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1730s	0.095 km² per grid cell	0.9425 km² per grid cell	0.8476 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1740s	0.1156 km² per grid cell	1.08 km² per grid cell	0.9649 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1750s	0.1406 km² per grid cell	1.24 km² per grid cell	1.1 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1760s	0.1711 km² per grid cell	1.44 km² per grid cell	1.27 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1770s	0.2082 km² per grid cell	1.67 km² per grid cell	1.46 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1780s	0.2534 km² per grid cell	1.94 km² per grid cell	1.69 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1790s	0.3084 km² per grid cell	2.28 km² per grid cell	1.97 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1800s	0.3753 km² per grid cell	2.68 km² per grid cell	2.3 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1810s	0.4567 km² per grid cell	3.17 km² per grid cell	2.71 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1820s	0.5558 km² per grid cell	3.59 km² per grid cell	3.03 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1830s	0.6763 km² per grid cell	4.07 km² per grid cell	3.39 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1840s	0.8229 km² per grid cell	4.61 km² per grid cell	3.79 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1850s	1 km² per grid cell	5.24 km² per grid cell	4.24 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1860s	1.21 km² per grid cell	5.95 km² per grid cell	4.74 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1870s	1.46 km² per grid cell	6.77 km² per grid cell	5.32 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1880s	1.71 km² per grid cell	7.72 km² per grid cell	6.01 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1890s	1.91 km² per grid cell	8.8 km² per grid cell	6.88 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1900s	1.99 km² per grid cell	10.04 km² per grid cell	8.04 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1910s	1.99 km² per grid cell	11.46 km² per grid cell	9.47 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1920s	1.99 km² per grid cell	12.68 km² per grid cell	10.69 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1930s	1.99 km² per grid cell	14.04 km² per grid cell	12.05 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1940s	1.99 km² per grid cell	15.56 km² per grid cell	13.56 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1950s	2.59 km² per grid cell	19.43 km² per grid cell	16.84 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1960s	4.11 km² per grid cell	24.75 km² per grid cell	20.65 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1970s	6.26 km² per grid cell	27.65 km² per grid cell	21.38 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1980s	10.8 km² per grid cell	31.08 km² per grid cell	20.28 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
1990s	18.41 km² per grid cell	35.81 km² per grid cell	17.4 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
2000s	28.75 km² per grid cell	39.53 km² per grid cell	10.78 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
2010s	40 km² per grid cell	42.53 km² per grid cell	2.52 km² per grid cell	Guadeloupe
2020s	48.96 km² per grid cell	45.03 km² per grid cell	3.94 km² per grid cell	French Guiana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, French Guiana or Guadeloupe?: French Guiana, at 51.9 km² per grid cell against 45.59 km² per grid cell in Guadeloupe as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between French Guiana and Guadeloupe?: 6.31 km² per grid cell, with French Guiana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for French Guiana and Guadeloupe?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do French Guiana and Guadeloupe rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: French Guiana ranks 173rd and Guadeloupe ranks 175th 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

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