Greenland vs Trinidad and Tobago: Urban area over the long-term
Greenland
30.16 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Trinidad and Tobago
35.03 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Greenland rank
183rd
Trinidad and Tobago rank
181st
Urban area over the long-term over time
- Greenland
- Trinidad and Tobago
How they compare
Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 35.03 km² per grid cell against 30.16 km² per grid cell in Greenland, a difference of 4.87 km² per grid cell.
That makes Trinidad and Tobago's figure about 1.2 times Greenland's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Greenland ahead.
Greenland ranks 183rd and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 181st of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Greenland averaged higher in 18 and Trinidad and Tobago in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greenland | Trinidad and Tobago | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1100s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1200s | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1300s | 0.0001 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0.0001 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1400s | 0.0003 km² per grid cell | 0 km² per grid cell | 0.0003 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1500s | 0.001 km² per grid cell | 0.0001 km² per grid cell | 0.0009 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1600s | 0.0031 km² per grid cell | 0.0005 km² per grid cell | 0.0025 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1700s | 0.0094 km² per grid cell | 0.0031 km² per grid cell | 0.0063 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1710s | 0.013 km² per grid cell | 0.0052 km² per grid cell | 0.0078 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1720s | 0.0175 km² per grid cell | 0.0086 km² per grid cell | 0.009 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1730s | 0.0236 km² per grid cell | 0.014 km² per grid cell | 0.0096 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1740s | 0.0319 km² per grid cell | 0.0231 km² per grid cell | 0.0088 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1750s | 0.0431 km² per grid cell | 0.0379 km² per grid cell | 0.0052 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1760s | 0.0582 km² per grid cell | 0.0623 km² per grid cell | 0.0041 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1770s | 0.0785 km² per grid cell | 0.1023 km² per grid cell | 0.0238 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1780s | 0.106 km² per grid cell | 0.1681 km² per grid cell | 0.0621 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1790s | 0.1431 km² per grid cell | 0.2762 km² per grid cell | 0.1331 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1800s | 0.1932 km² per grid cell | 0.4538 km² per grid cell | 0.2606 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1810s | 0.2608 km² per grid cell | 0.7455 km² per grid cell | 0.4848 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1820s | 0.352 km² per grid cell | 1.22 km² per grid cell | 0.8727 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1830s | 0.4753 km² per grid cell | 1.41 km² per grid cell | 0.9379 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1840s | 0.6416 km² per grid cell | 1.74 km² per grid cell | 1.1 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1850s | 0.8661 km² per grid cell | 2.14 km² per grid cell | 1.28 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1860s | 1.17 km² per grid cell | 2.98 km² per grid cell | 1.81 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1870s | 1.58 km² per grid cell | 3.9 km² per grid cell | 2.33 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1880s | 2.13 km² per grid cell | 5.67 km² per grid cell | 3.54 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1890s | 2.87 km² per grid cell | 7.08 km² per grid cell | 4.21 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1900s | 3.81 km² per grid cell | 8.23 km² per grid cell | 4.42 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1910s | 4.9 km² per grid cell | 8.88 km² per grid cell | 3.98 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1920s | 5.85 km² per grid cell | 8.92 km² per grid cell | 3.08 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1930s | 6.3 km² per grid cell | 8.92 km² per grid cell | 2.62 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1940s | 6.36 km² per grid cell | 9.13 km² per grid cell | 2.78 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1950s | 7.46 km² per grid cell | 13.28 km² per grid cell | 5.82 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1960s | 11.92 km² per grid cell | 12.68 km² per grid cell | 0.7588 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1970s | 16.98 km² per grid cell | 11.58 km² per grid cell | 5.39 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1980s | 19.77 km² per grid cell | 11.83 km² per grid cell | 7.94 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 1990s | 22.77 km² per grid cell | 13.2 km² per grid cell | 9.57 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 2000s | 25.37 km² per grid cell | 18.42 km² per grid cell | 6.95 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 2010s | 27.66 km² per grid cell | 25.8 km² per grid cell | 1.87 km² per grid cell | Greenland |
| 2020s | 29.58 km² per grid cell | 32.81 km² per grid cell | 3.22 km² per grid cell | Trinidad and Tobago |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Greenland or Trinidad and Tobago?
- Trinidad and Tobago, at 35.03 km² per grid cell against 30.16 km² per grid cell in Greenland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Greenland and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 4.87 km² per grid cell, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Greenland and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for urban area over the long-term?
- Greenland ranks 183rd and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 181st 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
Total built-up area of a country over time.