Argentina vs Iceland: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Argentina
92.4%
in 2025
Iceland
94.2%
in 2025
Argentina rank
32nd
Iceland rank
30th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Argentina
- Iceland
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 94.2% against 92.4% in Argentina, a difference of 1.8%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Argentina ahead.
Argentina ranks 32nd and Iceland ranks 30th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 9 and Iceland in 31.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Argentina |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Argentina |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Argentina |
| 1300s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Argentina |
| 1400s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Argentina |
| 1500s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Argentina |
| 1600s | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% | Argentina |
| 1700s | 6.5% | 3.6% | 3.0% | Argentina |
| 1710s | 7.4% | 6.0% | 1.3% | Argentina |
| 1720s | 8.1% | 8.5% | 0.5% | Iceland |
| 1730s | 8.8% | 11.0% | 2.2% | Iceland |
| 1740s | 9.7% | 13.5% | 3.8% | Iceland |
| 1750s | 10.6% | 15.9% | 5.3% | Iceland |
| 1760s | 11.6% | 18.4% | 6.8% | Iceland |
| 1770s | 12.7% | 20.9% | 8.2% | Iceland |
| 1780s | 13.9% | 23.3% | 9.4% | Iceland |
| 1790s | 15.2% | 25.8% | 10.6% | Iceland |
| 1800s | 16.7% | 28.3% | 11.6% | Iceland |
| 1810s | 18.3% | 30.7% | 12.4% | Iceland |
| 1820s | 20.0% | 33.2% | 13.2% | Iceland |
| 1830s | 21.9% | 35.7% | 13.7% | Iceland |
| 1840s | 24.0% | 38.1% | 14.1% | Iceland |
| 1850s | 26.3% | 40.6% | 14.3% | Iceland |
| 1860s | 28.8% | 43.1% | 14.3% | Iceland |
| 1870s | 31.6% | 45.5% | 14.0% | Iceland |
| 1880s | 34.6% | 48.0% | 13.4% | Iceland |
| 1890s | 37.9% | 50.5% | 12.6% | Iceland |
| 1900s | 41.5% | 52.9% | 11.5% | Iceland |
| 1910s | 45.4% | 55.4% | 10.0% | Iceland |
| 1920s | 49.7% | 57.9% | 8.2% | Iceland |
| 1930s | 54.5% | 59.1% | 4.7% | Iceland |
| 1940s | 59.7% | 60.6% | 0.9% | Iceland |
| 1950s | 67.9% | 76.4% | 8.5% | Iceland |
| 1960s | 75.0% | 82.7% | 7.7% | Iceland |
| 1970s | 80.7% | 86.6% | 5.9% | Iceland |
| 1980s | 84.8% | 89.2% | 4.5% | Iceland |
| 1990s | 88.0% | 91.4% | 3.4% | Iceland |
| 2000s | 90.0% | 92.4% | 2.4% | Iceland |
| 2010s | 91.4% | 93.7% | 2.2% | Iceland |
| 2020s | 92.2% | 94.2% | 2.0% | Iceland |
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 Iceland?
- Iceland, 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 Iceland?
- 1.8%, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Iceland?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Argentina and Iceland rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Argentina ranks 32nd and Iceland ranks 30th 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.