Statizoid

Algeria vs Cook Islands: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Algeria
75.8%
in 2025
Cook Islands
76.9%
in 2025
Algeria rank
86th
Cook Islands rank
85th

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

  • Algeria
  • Cook Islands
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How they compare

Cook Islands currently reports 76.9% against 75.8% in Algeria, a difference of 1.1%.

Across all 76 years both countries report, Cook Islands has been ahead every year.

Algeria ranks 86th and Cook Islands ranks 85th of 238 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
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Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.