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
- Mexico
How they compare
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.
Across the 40 decades both report, American Samoa averaged higher in 9 and Mexico in 31.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | American Samoa | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mexico |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mexico |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mexico |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mexico |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Mexico |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Mexico |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.5% | Mexico |
| 1700s | 0.2% | 1.6% | 1.4% | Mexico |
| 1710s | 0.3% | 1.7% | 1.4% | Mexico |
| 1720s | 0.4% | 2.0% | 1.6% | Mexico |
| 1730s | 0.5% | 2.2% | 1.8% | Mexico |
| 1740s | 0.6% | 2.6% | 2.0% | Mexico |
| 1750s | 0.7% | 2.9% | 2.2% | Mexico |
| 1760s | 0.9% | 3.3% | 2.5% | Mexico |
| 1770s | 1.1% | 3.8% | 2.7% | Mexico |
| 1780s | 1.4% | 4.4% | 3.0% | Mexico |
| 1790s | 1.7% | 5.0% | 3.2% | Mexico |
| 1800s | 2.2% | 5.7% | 3.5% | Mexico |
| 1810s | 2.7% | 6.5% | 3.8% | Mexico |
| 1820s | 3.4% | 7.4% | 4.0% | Mexico |
| 1830s | 4.2% | 8.5% | 4.3% | Mexico |
| 1840s | 5.3% | 9.7% | 4.4% | Mexico |
| 1850s | 6.6% | 11.1% | 4.5% | Mexico |
| 1860s | 8.3% | 12.7% | 4.4% | Mexico |
| 1870s | 10.4% | 14.5% | 4.2% | Mexico |
| 1880s | 13.0% | 16.6% | 3.6% | Mexico |
| 1890s | 16.2% | 19.0% | 2.8% | Mexico |
| 1900s | 20.2% | 21.7% | 1.4% | Mexico |
| 1910s | 25.3% | 24.8% | 0.5% | American Samoa |
| 1920s | 31.6% | 28.3% | 3.3% | American Samoa |
| 1930s | 39.5% | 32.3% | 7.2% | American Samoa |
| 1940s | 49.4% | 37.0% | 12.4% | American Samoa |
| 1950s | 38.1% | 46.3% | 8.1% | Mexico |
| 1960s | 44.5% | 54.5% | 10.0% | Mexico |
| 1970s | 58.8% | 62.5% | 3.7% | Mexico |
| 1980s | 68.9% | 68.8% | 0.1% | American Samoa |
| 1990s | 82.7% | 73.1% | 9.6% | American Samoa |
| 2000s | 87.8% | 76.1% | 11.7% | American Samoa |
| 2010s | 84.8% | 77.2% | 7.6% | American Samoa |
| 2020s | 81.6% | 79.3% | 2.2% | 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 Mexico?
- American Samoa, at 80.5% against 80.0% in Mexico as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between American Samoa and Mexico?
- 0.5%, with American Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa and Mexico?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do American Samoa and Mexico rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- American Samoa ranks 68th and Mexico ranks 70th 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 modeled historical data.