Armenia vs Panama: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Armenia
65.9%
in 2025
Panama
66.2%
in 2025
Armenia rank
119th
Panama rank
118th

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

  • Armenia
  • Panama
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How they compare

Panama currently reports 66.2% against 65.9% in Armenia, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Panama ahead.

Armenia ranks 119th and Panama ranks 118th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Armenia averaged higher in 7 and Panama in 33.

Head to head by decade

Decade Armenia Panama Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Panama
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Panama
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Panama
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Panama
1400s 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% Panama
1500s 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% Panama
1600s 0.3% 1.2% 0.9% Panama
1700s 1.0% 3.6% 2.6% Panama
1710s 1.0% 4.0% 3.0% Panama
1720s 1.0% 4.4% 3.4% Panama
1730s 1.0% 4.8% 3.8% Panama
1740s 1.0% 5.3% 4.3% Panama
1750s 1.0% 5.8% 4.8% Panama
1760s 1.0% 6.4% 5.4% Panama
1770s 1.0% 7.0% 6.0% Panama
1780s 1.0% 7.6% 6.7% Panama
1790s 1.2% 8.3% 7.1% Panama
1800s 1.5% 9.1% 7.6% Panama
1810s 1.9% 10.0% 8.1% Panama
1820s 2.3% 11.0% 8.6% Panama
1830s 2.9% 12.0% 9.1% Panama
1840s 3.7% 13.2% 9.5% Panama
1850s 4.6% 14.4% 9.8% Panama
1860s 5.7% 15.8% 10.1% Panama
1870s 7.1% 17.3% 10.1% Panama
1880s 8.9% 18.9% 10.0% Panama
1890s 11.2% 20.7% 9.6% Panama
1900s 14.0% 22.7% 8.7% Panama
1910s 17.4% 24.9% 7.4% Panama
1920s 21.8% 27.2% 5.4% Panama
1930s 27.3% 29.8% 2.6% Panama
1940s 34.1% 32.7% 1.4% Armenia
1950s 46.0% 39.4% 6.6% Armenia
1960s 55.3% 44.2% 11.2% Armenia
1970s 63.2% 48.6% 14.6% Armenia
1980s 67.2% 51.4% 15.8% Armenia
1990s 66.5% 57.8% 8.8% Armenia
2000s 64.6% 63.8% 0.8% Armenia
2010s 64.5% 65.5% 0.9% Panama
2020s 65.6% 65.9% 0.3% Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Armenia or Panama?
Panama, at 66.2% against 65.9% in Armenia as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Armenia and Panama?
0.3%, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Panama?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Armenia and Panama rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Armenia ranks 119th and Panama ranks 118th 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.