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