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

Algeria
75.8%
in 2025
Cuba
77.2%
in 2025
Algeria rank
86th
Cuba rank
84th

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

  • Algeria
  • Cuba
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How they compare

Cuba currently reports 77.2% against 75.8% in Algeria, a difference of 1.4%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Algeria ahead.

Algeria ranks 86th and Cuba ranks 84th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 6 and Cuba in 34.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Cuba Difference Ahead
1000s 0.3% 0.0% 0.3% Algeria
1100s 0.4% 0.0% 0.4% Algeria
1200s 0.5% 0.0% 0.5% Algeria
1300s 0.7% 0.1% 0.6% Algeria
1400s 0.9% 0.2% 0.7% Algeria
1500s 1.2% 0.6% 0.6% Algeria
1600s 1.6% 1.9% 0.2% Cuba
1700s 2.2% 5.7% 3.5% Cuba
1710s 2.5% 6.4% 3.9% Cuba
1720s 2.7% 7.0% 4.3% Cuba
1730s 3.0% 7.6% 4.7% Cuba
1740s 3.2% 8.4% 5.1% Cuba
1750s 3.6% 9.2% 5.6% Cuba
1760s 3.9% 10.0% 6.1% Cuba
1770s 4.3% 11.0% 6.7% Cuba
1780s 4.7% 12.0% 7.4% Cuba
1790s 5.1% 13.2% 8.1% Cuba
1800s 5.6% 14.4% 8.8% Cuba
1810s 6.1% 15.8% 9.7% Cuba
1820s 6.7% 17.3% 10.6% Cuba
1830s 7.4% 19.0% 11.6% Cuba
1840s 8.1% 20.8% 12.7% Cuba
1850s 8.8% 22.8% 13.9% Cuba
1860s 9.7% 24.9% 15.3% Cuba
1870s 10.6% 27.3% 16.7% Cuba
1880s 11.6% 29.9% 18.3% Cuba
1890s 12.7% 32.7% 20.0% Cuba
1900s 13.9% 35.9% 22.0% Cuba
1910s 15.2% 39.3% 24.0% Cuba
1920s 16.7% 43.0% 26.3% Cuba
1930s 18.3% 47.1% 28.8% Cuba
1940s 20.0% 51.6% 31.6% Cuba
1950s 25.2% 57.1% 31.9% Cuba
1960s 36.7% 58.7% 22.0% Cuba
1970s 40.4% 63.7% 23.3% Cuba
1980s 47.2% 70.9% 23.6% Cuba
1990s 55.6% 74.6% 19.0% Cuba
2000s 63.3% 76.0% 12.8% Cuba
2010s 69.8% 76.9% 7.0% Cuba
2020s 74.4% 77.1% 2.7% Cuba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Algeria or Cuba?
Cuba, at 77.2% against 75.8% in Algeria as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Algeria and Cuba?
1.4%, with Cuba ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Cuba?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Algeria and Cuba rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Algeria ranks 86th and Cuba ranks 84th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Do more people live in urban or rural areas?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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
Last refreshed

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.