Barbados vs El Salvador: Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre

Barbados
0.2112 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador
0.2393 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Barbados rank
31st
El Salvador rank
28th

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre over time

  • Barbados
  • El Salvador
0.050.10.150.20.25196119922023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.2393 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.2112 1000 No per square kilometre in Barbados, a difference of 0.0281 1000 No per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 31st and El Salvador ranks 28th of 190 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and El Salvador in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados El Salvador Difference Ahead
1960s 0.203 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0598 1000 No per square kilometre 0.1432 1000 No per square kilometre Barbados
1970s 0.2208 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0816 1000 No per square kilometre 0.1392 1000 No per square kilometre Barbados
1980s 0.2311 1000 No per square kilometre 0.1097 1000 No per square kilometre 0.1215 1000 No per square kilometre Barbados
1990s 0.2199 1000 No per square kilometre 0.144 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0759 1000 No per square kilometre Barbados
2000s 0.2097 1000 No per square kilometre 0.1784 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0313 1000 No per square kilometre Barbados
2010s 0.2069 1000 No per square kilometre 0.2106 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0036 1000 No per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 0.2098 1000 No per square kilometre 0.2345 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0247 1000 No per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population - est. & proj. — urban population, per square kilometre, Barbados or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 0.2393 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.2112 1000 No per square kilometre in Barbados as of 2023.
What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — urban population, per square kilometre between Barbados and El Salvador?
0.0281 1000 No per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and El Salvador?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Barbados and El Salvador rank globally for population - est. & proj. — urban population, per square kilometre?
Barbados ranks 31st and El Salvador ranks 28th of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre
Unit
1000 No per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
192 places, 11,029 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.