Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba vs Spain: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
81.1%
in 2025
Spain
80.5%
in 2025
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba rank
66th
Spain rank
67th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Spain
How they compare
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba currently reports 81.1% against 80.5% in Spain, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba ahead.
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba ranks 66th and Spain ranks 67th of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba averaged higher in 6 and Spain in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 72.4% | 53.6% | 18.8% | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba |
| 1960s | 76.0% | 60.7% | 15.3% | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba |
| 1970s | 78.3% | 68.7% | 9.6% | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba |
| 1980s | 78.7% | 73.2% | 5.5% | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba |
| 1990s | 76.6% | 75.5% | 1.1% | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba |
| 2000s | 74.6% | 77.1% | 2.6% | Spain |
| 2010s | 76.3% | 79.1% | 2.8% | Spain |
| 2020s | 81.0% | 80.1% | 1.0% | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba or Spain?
- Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, at 81.1% against 80.5% in Spain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba and Spain?
- 0.6%, with Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba and Spain?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba and Spain rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba ranks 66th and Spain ranks 67th 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 modelled historical data.