Aruba vs Portugal: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Aruba
61.7%
in 2025
Portugal
61.5%
in 2025
Aruba rank
137th
Portugal rank
138th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Aruba
- Portugal
How they compare
Aruba currently reports 61.7% against 61.5% in Portugal, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Portugal ahead.
Aruba ranks 137th and Portugal ranks 138th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Aruba averaged higher in 19 and Portugal in 21.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Aruba | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 13.5% | 13.5% | Portugal |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 16.4% | 16.4% | Portugal |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 13.2% | 13.2% | Portugal |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 36.2% | 36.2% | Portugal |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 23.3% | 23.2% | Portugal |
| 1500s | 0.2% | 13.8% | 13.6% | Portugal |
| 1600s | 0.7% | 12.7% | 12.0% | Portugal |
| 1700s | 2.0% | 11.5% | 9.5% | Portugal |
| 1710s | 2.1% | 11.5% | 9.4% | Portugal |
| 1720s | 2.4% | 11.5% | 9.1% | Portugal |
| 1730s | 2.7% | 11.5% | 8.8% | Portugal |
| 1740s | 3.1% | 11.5% | 8.4% | Portugal |
| 1750s | 3.5% | 11.5% | 8.0% | Portugal |
| 1760s | 4.0% | 11.5% | 7.5% | Portugal |
| 1770s | 4.6% | 11.5% | 6.9% | Portugal |
| 1780s | 5.3% | 11.5% | 6.2% | Portugal |
| 1790s | 6.0% | 11.5% | 5.5% | Portugal |
| 1800s | 6.9% | 11.5% | 4.6% | Portugal |
| 1810s | 7.9% | 11.5% | 3.6% | Portugal |
| 1820s | 9.0% | 11.5% | 2.5% | Portugal |
| 1830s | 10.3% | 11.5% | 1.2% | Portugal |
| 1840s | 11.7% | 11.5% | 0.2% | Aruba |
| 1850s | 13.4% | 11.5% | 1.9% | Aruba |
| 1860s | 15.3% | 11.5% | 3.8% | Aruba |
| 1870s | 17.5% | 11.5% | 6.0% | Aruba |
| 1880s | 20.0% | 11.5% | 8.5% | Aruba |
| 1890s | 22.9% | 12.0% | 10.9% | Aruba |
| 1900s | 26.1% | 14.0% | 12.1% | Aruba |
| 1910s | 29.9% | 17.0% | 12.9% | Aruba |
| 1920s | 34.1% | 21.0% | 13.1% | Aruba |
| 1930s | 39.0% | 24.0% | 15.0% | Aruba |
| 1940s | 44.6% | 27.0% | 17.6% | Aruba |
| 1950s | 59.1% | 29.3% | 29.9% | Aruba |
| 1960s | 60.1% | 32.6% | 27.5% | Aruba |
| 1970s | 64.4% | 37.8% | 26.6% | Aruba |
| 1980s | 65.9% | 44.2% | 21.7% | Aruba |
| 1990s | 65.4% | 50.7% | 14.7% | Aruba |
| 2000s | 64.9% | 57.7% | 7.2% | Aruba |
| 2010s | 63.3% | 61.1% | 2.2% | Aruba |
| 2020s | 61.9% | 61.2% | 0.6% | Aruba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Aruba or Portugal?
- Aruba, at 61.7% against 61.5% in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Aruba and Portugal?
- 0.2%, with Aruba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Portugal?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Aruba and Portugal rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Aruba ranks 137th and Portugal ranks 138th 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.