Argentina vs Guam: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Argentina
92.4%
in 2025
Guam
94.2%
in 2025
Argentina rank
32nd
Guam rank
29th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Argentina
- Guam
How they compare
Guam currently reports 94.2% against 92.4% in Argentina, a difference of 1.8%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Argentina ahead.
Argentina ranks 32nd and Guam ranks 29th of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 1 and Guam in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Guam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 67.9% | 36.5% | 31.4% | Argentina |
| 1960s | 75.0% | 85.4% | 10.4% | Guam |
| 1970s | 80.7% | 88.8% | 8.0% | Guam |
| 1980s | 84.8% | 89.5% | 4.8% | Guam |
| 1990s | 88.0% | 91.9% | 3.8% | Guam |
| 2000s | 90.0% | 93.7% | 3.7% | Guam |
| 2010s | 91.4% | 94.1% | 2.6% | Guam |
| 2020s | 92.2% | 94.1% | 2.0% | Guam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Argentina or Guam?
- Guam, at 94.2% against 92.4% in Argentina as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Argentina and Guam?
- 1.8%, with Guam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Guam?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Argentina and Guam rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Argentina ranks 32nd and Guam ranks 29th 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.