Bahamas vs Uruguay: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Bahamas
191 years
in 2022
Uruguay
204 years
in 2022
Bahamas rank
46th
Uruguay rank
44th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Bahamas
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 204 years against 191 years in Bahamas, a difference of 13 years.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Bahamas's.

Across all 561 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.

Bahamas ranks 46th and Uruguay ranks 44th of 159 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Years a country was a European overseas colony
Unit
years
Source
Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
159 places, 88,747 data points, 1462–2022
Last refreshed

Number of years the country has been colonized from overseas by the European colonial power(s) in a specific year, between Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, or a combination of them.