Algeria vs Iran: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Algeria
75.8%
in 2025
Iran
77.4%
in 2025
Algeria rank
86th
Iran rank
83rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Algeria
- Iran
How they compare
Iran currently reports 77.4% against 75.8% in Algeria, a difference of 1.6%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iran ahead.
Algeria ranks 86th and Iran ranks 83rd of 238 countries.
Iran has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Iran | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.3% | 2.0% | 1.7% | Iran |
| 1100s | 0.4% | 2.1% | 1.7% | Iran |
| 1200s | 0.5% | 2.2% | 1.7% | Iran |
| 1300s | 0.7% | 2.3% | 1.6% | Iran |
| 1400s | 0.9% | 2.4% | 1.5% | Iran |
| 1500s | 1.2% | 2.5% | 1.3% | Iran |
| 1600s | 1.6% | 2.6% | 1.0% | Iran |
| 1700s | 2.2% | 2.7% | 0.5% | Iran |
| 1710s | 2.5% | 3.1% | 0.6% | Iran |
| 1720s | 2.7% | 3.4% | 0.7% | Iran |
| 1730s | 3.0% | 3.7% | 0.7% | Iran |
| 1740s | 3.2% | 4.0% | 0.8% | Iran |
| 1750s | 3.6% | 4.4% | 0.9% | Iran |
| 1760s | 3.9% | 4.8% | 0.9% | Iran |
| 1770s | 4.3% | 5.3% | 1.0% | Iran |
| 1780s | 4.7% | 5.8% | 1.1% | Iran |
| 1790s | 5.1% | 6.3% | 1.2% | Iran |
| 1800s | 5.6% | 7.0% | 1.4% | Iran |
| 1810s | 6.1% | 7.6% | 1.5% | Iran |
| 1820s | 6.7% | 8.3% | 1.6% | Iran |
| 1830s | 7.4% | 9.1% | 1.8% | Iran |
| 1840s | 8.1% | 10.0% | 1.9% | Iran |
| 1850s | 8.8% | 11.0% | 2.1% | Iran |
| 1860s | 9.7% | 12.0% | 2.3% | Iran |
| 1870s | 10.6% | 13.1% | 2.6% | Iran |
| 1880s | 11.6% | 14.4% | 2.8% | Iran |
| 1890s | 12.7% | 15.8% | 3.1% | Iran |
| 1900s | 13.9% | 17.3% | 3.4% | Iran |
| 1910s | 15.2% | 18.9% | 3.7% | Iran |
| 1920s | 16.7% | 20.7% | 4.0% | Iran |
| 1930s | 18.3% | 22.7% | 4.4% | Iran |
| 1940s | 20.0% | 24.9% | 4.8% | Iran |
| 1950s | 25.2% | 30.3% | 5.1% | Iran |
| 1960s | 36.7% | 37.1% | 0.3% | Iran |
| 1970s | 40.4% | 45.5% | 5.1% | Iran |
| 1980s | 47.2% | 53.1% | 5.8% | Iran |
| 1990s | 55.6% | 60.0% | 4.3% | Iran |
| 2000s | 63.3% | 67.4% | 4.1% | Iran |
| 2010s | 69.8% | 73.0% | 3.2% | Iran |
| 2020s | 74.4% | 76.5% | 2.1% | Iran |
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 Iran?
- Iran, at 77.4% 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 Iran?
- 1.6%, with Iran ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Iran?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Algeria and Iran rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Algeria ranks 86th and Iran ranks 83rd of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.