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

4.46 km² per grid cell, with Netherlands Antilles ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Martinique 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.

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

Martinique

95.46 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Netherlands Antilles

99.92 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Martinique rank

164th

Netherlands Antilles rank

163rd

Urban area over the long-term over time

Martinique
Netherlands Antilles

How they compare

Netherlands Antilles currently reports 99.92 km² per grid cell against 95.46 km² per grid cell in Martinique, a difference of 4.46 km² per grid cell.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Martinique ahead.

Martinique ranks 164th and Netherlands Antilles ranks 163rd of 202 regions.

Across the 40 decades both report, Martinique averaged higher in 20 and Netherlands Antilles in 20.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Martinique	Netherlands Antilles	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1200s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1300s	0.0007 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1400s	0.004 km² per grid cell	0.0036 km² per grid cell	0.0004 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1500s	0.0241 km² per grid cell	0.02 km² per grid cell	0.004 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1600s	0.0361 km² per grid cell	0.0858 km² per grid cell	0.0497 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1700s	0.0542 km² per grid cell	0.3085 km² per grid cell	0.2544 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1710s	0.0654 km² per grid cell	0.3601 km² per grid cell	0.2947 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1720s	0.0915 km² per grid cell	0.4098 km² per grid cell	0.3183 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1730s	0.1281 km² per grid cell	0.4681 km² per grid cell	0.34 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1740s	0.1793 km² per grid cell	0.5365 km² per grid cell	0.3572 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1750s	0.2511 km² per grid cell	0.6175 km² per grid cell	0.3664 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1760s	0.3515 km² per grid cell	0.7136 km² per grid cell	0.3622 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1770s	0.4921 km² per grid cell	0.8283 km² per grid cell	0.3363 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1780s	0.6889 km² per grid cell	0.9657 km² per grid cell	0.2769 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1790s	0.9644 km² per grid cell	1.13 km² per grid cell	0.1667 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1800s	1.35 km² per grid cell	1.33 km² per grid cell	0.0192 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1810s	1.89 km² per grid cell	1.57 km² per grid cell	0.3164 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1820s	2.35 km² per grid cell	1.78 km² per grid cell	0.5634 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1830s	2.91 km² per grid cell	2.02 km² per grid cell	0.8877 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1840s	3.59 km² per grid cell	2.29 km² per grid cell	1.3 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1850s	4.41 km² per grid cell	2.6 km² per grid cell	1.81 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1860s	5.33 km² per grid cell	3.43 km² per grid cell	1.9 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1870s	6.49 km² per grid cell	4.11 km² per grid cell	2.37 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1880s	7.57 km² per grid cell	5.29 km² per grid cell	2.29 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1890s	8.42 km² per grid cell	6.37 km² per grid cell	2.05 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1900s	8.99 km² per grid cell	7.71 km² per grid cell	1.28 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1910s	9.44 km² per grid cell	9.19 km² per grid cell	0.2531 km² per grid cell	Martinique
1920s	9.56 km² per grid cell	10.46 km² per grid cell	0.9043 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1930s	10.05 km² per grid cell	13.98 km² per grid cell	3.94 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1940s	11.15 km² per grid cell	22.06 km² per grid cell	10.91 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1950s	15.33 km² per grid cell	36.83 km² per grid cell	21.5 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1960s	27.71 km² per grid cell	43.38 km² per grid cell	15.66 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1970s	42.95 km² per grid cell	54.69 km² per grid cell	11.74 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1980s	58.89 km² per grid cell	63.03 km² per grid cell	4.14 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
1990s	72.87 km² per grid cell	70.05 km² per grid cell	2.81 km² per grid cell	Martinique
2000s	81.3 km² per grid cell	71.11 km² per grid cell	10.19 km² per grid cell	Martinique
2010s	87.37 km² per grid cell	88.87 km² per grid cell	1.5 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles
2020s	93.93 km² per grid cell	97.76 km² per grid cell	3.84 km² per grid cell	Netherlands Antilles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Martinique or Netherlands Antilles?: Netherlands Antilles, at 99.92 km² per grid cell against 95.46 km² per grid cell in Martinique as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Martinique and Netherlands Antilles?: 4.46 km² per grid cell, with Netherlands Antilles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Martinique and Netherlands Antilles?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Martinique and Netherlands Antilles rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Martinique ranks 164th and Netherlands Antilles ranks 163rd of 202 regions.
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.