Comoros vs Uruguay: Share of population living in urban areas

Comoros
86.3%
in 2020
Uruguay
86.2%
in 2020
Comoros rank
46th
Uruguay rank
47th

Share of population living in urban areas over time

  • Comoros
  • Uruguay
020406080195019852020

How they compare

Comoros currently reports 86.3% against 86.2% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uruguay ahead.

Comoros ranks 46th and Uruguay ranks 47th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of population living in urban areas
Unit
%
Source
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 3,540 data points, 1950–2020
Last refreshed

Estimated share of the population living in urban areas (the sum of cities and towns and suburbs). Urban areas are identified using satellite imagery and population data, applying the same definitions across countries.