American Samoa vs Spain: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
American Samoa
80.5%
in 2025
Spain
80.5%
in 2025
American Samoa rank
68th
Spain rank
67th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- American Samoa
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 80.5% against 80.5% in American Samoa, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Spain ahead.
American Samoa ranks 68th and Spain ranks 67th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, American Samoa averaged higher in 4 and Spain in 36.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | American Samoa | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 13.5% | 13.5% | Spain |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 16.4% | 16.4% | Spain |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 13.2% | 13.2% | Spain |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 36.2% | 36.2% | Spain |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 23.3% | 23.3% | Spain |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 13.8% | 13.8% | Spain |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 17.1% | 17.0% | Spain |
| 1700s | 0.2% | 20.3% | 20.1% | Spain |
| 1710s | 0.3% | 20.5% | 20.2% | Spain |
| 1720s | 0.4% | 20.7% | 20.4% | Spain |
| 1730s | 0.5% | 21.0% | 20.5% | Spain |
| 1740s | 0.6% | 21.2% | 20.6% | Spain |
| 1750s | 0.7% | 21.4% | 20.7% | Spain |
| 1760s | 0.9% | 21.0% | 20.1% | Spain |
| 1770s | 1.1% | 20.6% | 19.5% | Spain |
| 1780s | 1.4% | 20.3% | 18.9% | Spain |
| 1790s | 1.7% | 19.9% | 18.1% | Spain |
| 1800s | 2.2% | 19.5% | 17.3% | Spain |
| 1810s | 2.7% | 21.7% | 18.9% | Spain |
| 1820s | 3.4% | 23.8% | 20.4% | Spain |
| 1830s | 4.2% | 26.0% | 21.7% | Spain |
| 1840s | 5.3% | 28.1% | 22.8% | Spain |
| 1850s | 6.6% | 30.3% | 23.6% | Spain |
| 1860s | 8.3% | 32.4% | 24.1% | Spain |
| 1870s | 10.4% | 34.6% | 24.2% | Spain |
| 1880s | 13.0% | 36.7% | 23.8% | Spain |
| 1890s | 16.2% | 38.9% | 22.7% | Spain |
| 1900s | 20.2% | 41.0% | 20.8% | Spain |
| 1910s | 25.3% | 43.2% | 17.9% | Spain |
| 1920s | 31.6% | 45.3% | 13.7% | Spain |
| 1930s | 39.5% | 47.5% | 8.0% | Spain |
| 1940s | 49.4% | 49.7% | 0.2% | Spain |
| 1950s | 38.1% | 53.6% | 15.5% | Spain |
| 1960s | 44.5% | 60.7% | 16.2% | Spain |
| 1970s | 58.8% | 68.7% | 10.0% | Spain |
| 1980s | 68.9% | 73.2% | 4.3% | Spain |
| 1990s | 82.7% | 75.5% | 7.2% | American Samoa |
| 2000s | 87.8% | 77.1% | 10.6% | American Samoa |
| 2010s | 84.8% | 79.1% | 5.6% | American Samoa |
| 2020s | 81.6% | 80.1% | 1.5% | 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 Spain?
- Spain, at 80.5% against 80.5% in American Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between American Samoa and Spain?
- 0.0%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa and Spain?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do American Samoa and Spain rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- American Samoa ranks 68th and Spain ranks 67th 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.