Angola vs Estonia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Angola
71.5%
in 2025
Estonia
70.7%
in 2025
Angola rank
100th
Estonia rank
102nd

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

  • Angola
  • Estonia
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How they compare

Angola currently reports 71.5% against 70.7% in Estonia, a difference of 0.8%.

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

Angola ranks 100th and Estonia ranks 102nd of 238 countries.

Estonia has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Estonia Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Estonia
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Estonia
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Estonia
1300s 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% Estonia
1400s 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% Estonia
1500s 0.1% 0.6% 0.5% Estonia
1600s 0.2% 1.7% 1.4% Estonia
1700s 0.7% 5.0% 4.3% Estonia
1710s 0.8% 5.6% 4.8% Estonia
1720s 0.9% 6.1% 5.3% Estonia
1730s 0.9% 6.7% 5.8% Estonia
1740s 1.0% 7.4% 6.3% Estonia
1750s 1.1% 8.1% 6.9% Estonia
1760s 1.2% 8.8% 7.6% Estonia
1770s 1.3% 9.7% 8.3% Estonia
1780s 1.5% 10.6% 9.1% Estonia
1790s 1.6% 11.6% 10.0% Estonia
1800s 1.8% 12.7% 10.9% Estonia
1810s 1.9% 13.9% 12.0% Estonia
1820s 2.1% 15.2% 13.1% Estonia
1830s 2.3% 16.7% 14.4% Estonia
1840s 2.5% 18.3% 15.7% Estonia
1850s 2.8% 20.0% 17.2% Estonia
1860s 3.0% 21.9% 18.9% Estonia
1870s 3.3% 24.0% 20.7% Estonia
1880s 3.7% 26.3% 22.6% Estonia
1890s 4.0% 28.8% 24.8% Estonia
1900s 4.4% 31.5% 27.1% Estonia
1910s 4.8% 34.5% 29.7% Estonia
1920s 5.3% 37.8% 32.5% Estonia
1930s 5.8% 41.4% 35.6% Estonia
1940s 6.3% 45.4% 39.0% Estonia
1950s 8.0% 52.6% 44.7% Estonia
1960s 12.1% 61.7% 49.6% Estonia
1970s 18.2% 67.4% 49.2% Estonia
1980s 30.3% 70.9% 40.7% Estonia
1990s 43.6% 69.3% 25.7% Estonia
2000s 55.3% 67.5% 12.2% Estonia
2010s 63.3% 68.5% 5.2% Estonia
2020s 69.5% 70.4% 1.0% Estonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Angola or Estonia?
Angola, at 71.5% against 70.7% in Estonia as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Angola and Estonia?
0.8%, with Angola ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Estonia?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Angola and Estonia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Angola ranks 100th and Estonia ranks 102nd 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 modeled historical data.