Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Samoa or Turks and Caicos Islands?

Turks and Caicos Islands, at 21.01 km² per grid cell against 13.46 km² per grid cell in Samoa as of 2025.

What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Samoa and Turks and Caicos Islands?

7.55 km² per grid cell, with Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Turks and Caicos Islands?

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.

Samoa vs Turks and Caicos Islands: Urban area over the long-term

Samoa

13.46 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Turks and Caicos Islands

21.01 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Samoa rank

186th

Turks and Caicos Islands rank

185th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Samoa
Turks and Caicos Islands

How they compare

Turks and Caicos Islands currently reports 21.01 km² per grid cell against 13.46 km² per grid cell in Samoa, a difference of 7.55 km² per grid cell.

That makes Turks and Caicos Islands's figure about 1.6 times Samoa's.

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

Samoa ranks 186th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 185th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 14 and Turks and Caicos Islands in 26.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Samoa	Turks and Caicos Islands	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1200s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1300s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1400s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	0.0002 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1500s	0 km² per grid cell	0.001 km² per grid cell	0.001 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1600s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0062 km² per grid cell	0.0062 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1700s	0 km² per grid cell	0.0375 km² per grid cell	0.0375 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1710s	0.0206 km² per grid cell	0.0457 km² per grid cell	0.0251 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1720s	0.0253 km² per grid cell	0.0541 km² per grid cell	0.0288 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1730s	0.0311 km² per grid cell	0.0641 km² per grid cell	0.0331 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1740s	0.0381 km² per grid cell	0.076 km² per grid cell	0.0379 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1750s	0.0468 km² per grid cell	0.0901 km² per grid cell	0.0432 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1760s	0.0575 km² per grid cell	0.1067 km² per grid cell	0.0492 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1770s	0.0707 km² per grid cell	0.1265 km² per grid cell	0.0558 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1780s	0.0868 km² per grid cell	0.1499 km² per grid cell	0.0631 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1790s	0.1066 km² per grid cell	0.1776 km² per grid cell	0.0711 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1800s	0.1309 km² per grid cell	0.2105 km² per grid cell	0.0796 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1810s	0.1607 km² per grid cell	0.2494 km² per grid cell	0.0887 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1820s	0.1979 km² per grid cell	0.2823 km² per grid cell	0.0844 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1830s	0.2437 km² per grid cell	0.3195 km² per grid cell	0.0758 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1840s	0.3001 km² per grid cell	0.3616 km² per grid cell	0.0614 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1850s	0.3696 km² per grid cell	0.4092 km² per grid cell	0.0396 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
1860s	0.4552 km² per grid cell	0.4515 km² per grid cell	0.0036 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1870s	0.5974 km² per grid cell	0.4844 km² per grid cell	0.113 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1880s	0.784 km² per grid cell	0.4983 km² per grid cell	0.2856 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1890s	1.03 km² per grid cell	0.4983 km² per grid cell	0.5295 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1900s	1.34 km² per grid cell	0.4983 km² per grid cell	0.8423 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1910s	1.13 km² per grid cell	0.4983 km² per grid cell	0.6269 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1920s	1.64 km² per grid cell	0.4983 km² per grid cell	1.14 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1930s	2.18 km² per grid cell	0.5656 km² per grid cell	1.61 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1940s	2.66 km² per grid cell	0.702 km² per grid cell	1.95 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1950s	4.17 km² per grid cell	0.9684 km² per grid cell	3.2 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1960s	5.51 km² per grid cell	1.1 km² per grid cell	4.41 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1970s	6.9 km² per grid cell	1.37 km² per grid cell	5.53 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1980s	7.6 km² per grid cell	2.51 km² per grid cell	5.09 km² per grid cell	Samoa
1990s	8.58 km² per grid cell	5.12 km² per grid cell	3.46 km² per grid cell	Samoa
2000s	9.9 km² per grid cell	10.2 km² per grid cell	0.3021 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
2010s	11.34 km² per grid cell	16.32 km² per grid cell	4.97 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands
2020s	12.81 km² per grid cell	20.47 km² per grid cell	7.66 km² per grid cell	Turks and Caicos Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Samoa or Turks and Caicos Islands?: Turks and Caicos Islands, at 21.01 km² per grid cell against 13.46 km² per grid cell in Samoa as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Samoa and Turks and Caicos Islands?: 7.55 km² per grid cell, with Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Turks and Caicos Islands?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Samoa and Turks and Caicos Islands rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Samoa ranks 186th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 185th 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.