American Samoa vs Costa Rica: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

American Samoa
80.5%
in 2025
Costa Rica
79.7%
in 2025
American Samoa rank
68th
Costa Rica rank
71st

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

  • American Samoa
  • Costa Rica
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How they compare

American Samoa currently reports 80.5% against 79.7% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.8%.

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

American Samoa ranks 68th and Costa Rica ranks 71st of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, American Samoa averaged higher in 12 and Costa Rica in 28.

Head to head by decade

Decade American Samoa Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Costa Rica
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Costa Rica
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Costa Rica
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Costa Rica
1400s 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% Costa Rica
1500s 0.0% 0.4% 0.3% Costa Rica
1600s 0.1% 1.1% 1.0% Costa Rica
1700s 0.2% 3.4% 3.1% Costa Rica
1710s 0.3% 3.8% 3.5% Costa Rica
1720s 0.4% 4.2% 3.8% Costa Rica
1730s 0.5% 4.6% 4.1% Costa Rica
1740s 0.6% 5.0% 4.4% Costa Rica
1750s 0.7% 5.5% 4.8% Costa Rica
1760s 0.9% 6.0% 5.1% Costa Rica
1770s 1.1% 6.6% 5.4% Costa Rica
1780s 1.4% 7.2% 5.8% Costa Rica
1790s 1.7% 7.9% 6.1% Costa Rica
1800s 2.2% 8.6% 6.4% Costa Rica
1810s 2.7% 9.4% 6.7% Costa Rica
1820s 3.4% 10.3% 6.9% Costa Rica
1830s 4.2% 11.3% 7.1% Costa Rica
1840s 5.3% 12.4% 7.1% Costa Rica
1850s 6.6% 13.6% 7.0% Costa Rica
1860s 8.3% 14.9% 6.6% Costa Rica
1870s 10.4% 16.3% 5.9% Costa Rica
1880s 13.0% 17.8% 4.9% Costa Rica
1890s 16.2% 19.5% 3.4% Costa Rica
1900s 20.2% 21.4% 1.2% Costa Rica
1910s 25.3% 23.4% 1.9% American Samoa
1920s 31.6% 25.7% 5.9% American Samoa
1930s 39.5% 28.1% 11.4% American Samoa
1940s 49.4% 30.8% 18.6% American Samoa
1950s 38.1% 33.7% 4.5% American Samoa
1960s 44.5% 35.5% 9.1% American Samoa
1970s 58.8% 41.0% 17.7% American Samoa
1980s 68.9% 44.9% 24.0% American Samoa
1990s 82.7% 53.1% 29.6% American Samoa
2000s 87.8% 64.4% 23.4% American Samoa
2010s 84.8% 74.6% 10.1% American Samoa
2020s 81.6% 78.6% 2.9% American Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, American Samoa or Costa Rica?
American Samoa, at 80.5% against 79.7% in Costa Rica as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between American Samoa and Costa Rica?
0.8%, with American Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa and Costa Rica?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do American Samoa and Costa Rica rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
American Samoa ranks 68th and Costa Rica ranks 71st 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 modelled historical data.