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

American Samoa

80.5%

in 2025

Mexico

80.0%

in 2025

American Samoa rank

68th

Mexico rank

70th

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

American Samoa currently reports 80.5% against 80.0% in Mexico, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Mexico ahead.

American Samoa ranks 68th and Mexico ranks 70th of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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