What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Jamaica and Singapore?

13.2 km² per grid cell, with Jamaica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Singapore?

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.

Jamaica vs Singapore: Urban area over the long-term

Jamaica

461.16 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Singapore

447.96 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Jamaica rank

129th

Singapore rank

132nd

Urban area over the long-term over time

Jamaica
Singapore

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 461.16 km² per grid cell against 447.96 km² per grid cell in Singapore, a difference of 13.2 km² per grid cell.

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

Jamaica ranks 129th and Singapore ranks 132nd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 31 and Singapore in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jamaica	Singapore	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1100s	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1200s	0.0012 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0012 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1300s	0.0073 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0072 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1400s	0.0435 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0435 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1500s	0.2611 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0.2608 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1600s	0.3916 km² per grid cell	0.001 km² per grid cell	0.3906 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1700s	0.5874 km² per grid cell	0.0043 km² per grid cell	0.583 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1710s	0.8153 km² per grid cell	0.007 km² per grid cell	0.8083 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1720s	1.07 km² per grid cell	0.0109 km² per grid cell	1.06 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1730s	1.4 km² per grid cell	0.0169 km² per grid cell	1.39 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1740s	1.84 km² per grid cell	0.0263 km² per grid cell	1.82 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1750s	2.42 km² per grid cell	0.0408 km² per grid cell	2.38 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1760s	3.18 km² per grid cell	0.0634 km² per grid cell	3.11 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1770s	4.17 km² per grid cell	0.0984 km² per grid cell	4.07 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1780s	5.47 km² per grid cell	0.1528 km² per grid cell	5.32 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1790s	7.18 km² per grid cell	0.2373 km² per grid cell	6.94 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1800s	9.42 km² per grid cell	0.3685 km² per grid cell	9.06 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1810s	12.37 km² per grid cell	0.5723 km² per grid cell	11.8 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1820s	14.29 km² per grid cell	0.8888 km² per grid cell	13.4 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1830s	16.51 km² per grid cell	1.38 km² per grid cell	15.13 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1840s	19.07 km² per grid cell	2.14 km² per grid cell	16.93 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1850s	22.02 km² per grid cell	3.33 km² per grid cell	18.69 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1860s	25.37 km² per grid cell	5.16 km² per grid cell	20.2 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1870s	32 km² per grid cell	7.99 km² per grid cell	24.01 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1880s	39.53 km² per grid cell	12.24 km² per grid cell	27.29 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1890s	46.73 km² per grid cell	18.27 km² per grid cell	28.45 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1900s	51.55 km² per grid cell	25.83 km² per grid cell	25.72 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1910s	52.99 km² per grid cell	33.75 km² per grid cell	19.24 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1920s	52.99 km² per grid cell	41.15 km² per grid cell	11.84 km² per grid cell	Jamaica
1930s	53.73 km² per grid cell	58.02 km² per grid cell	4.28 km² per grid cell	Singapore
1940s	58.34 km² per grid cell	70.55 km² per grid cell	12.21 km² per grid cell	Singapore
1950s	88.86 km² per grid cell	124.76 km² per grid cell	35.9 km² per grid cell	Singapore
1960s	135.42 km² per grid cell	179.88 km² per grid cell	44.46 km² per grid cell	Singapore
1970s	189.58 km² per grid cell	223.18 km² per grid cell	33.61 km² per grid cell	Singapore
1980s	251.01 km² per grid cell	279.1 km² per grid cell	28.08 km² per grid cell	Singapore
1990s	302.9 km² per grid cell	376.52 km² per grid cell	73.61 km² per grid cell	Singapore
2000s	354.16 km² per grid cell	447.56 km² per grid cell	93.4 km² per grid cell	Singapore
2010s	404.81 km² per grid cell	447.96 km² per grid cell	43.15 km² per grid cell	Singapore
2020s	448.74 km² per grid cell	447.96 km² per grid cell	0.7807 km² per grid cell	Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Jamaica or Singapore?: Jamaica, at 461.16 km² per grid cell against 447.96 km² per grid cell in Singapore as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Jamaica and Singapore?: 13.2 km² per grid cell, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Singapore?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Jamaica and Singapore rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Jamaica ranks 129th and Singapore ranks 132nd 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.