Brazil vs Denmark: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Brazil
88.2%
in 2025
Denmark
88.8%
in 2025
Brazil rank
47th
Denmark rank
45th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Brazil
- Denmark
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 88.8% against 88.2% in Brazil, a difference of 0.6%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 47th and Denmark ranks 45th of 238 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Denmark | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Denmark |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Denmark |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Denmark |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Denmark |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | Denmark |
| 1500s | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | Denmark |
| 1600s | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.2% | Denmark |
| 1700s | 3.6% | 4.0% | 0.4% | Denmark |
| 1710s | 4.1% | 5.4% | 1.4% | Denmark |
| 1720s | 4.5% | 6.0% | 1.6% | Denmark |
| 1730s | 4.9% | 6.7% | 1.8% | Denmark |
| 1740s | 5.4% | 7.4% | 2.1% | Denmark |
| 1750s | 5.9% | 8.3% | 2.4% | Denmark |
| 1760s | 6.4% | 9.2% | 2.8% | Denmark |
| 1770s | 7.0% | 10.2% | 3.2% | Denmark |
| 1780s | 7.7% | 11.3% | 3.6% | Denmark |
| 1790s | 8.4% | 12.6% | 4.2% | Denmark |
| 1800s | 9.2% | 14.0% | 4.8% | Denmark |
| 1810s | 10.1% | 15.6% | 5.4% | Denmark |
| 1820s | 11.1% | 17.3% | 6.2% | Denmark |
| 1830s | 12.1% | 19.2% | 7.1% | Denmark |
| 1840s | 13.3% | 21.3% | 8.1% | Denmark |
| 1850s | 14.6% | 23.7% | 9.2% | Denmark |
| 1860s | 15.9% | 26.4% | 10.4% | Denmark |
| 1870s | 17.5% | 29.3% | 11.8% | Denmark |
| 1880s | 19.1% | 32.5% | 13.4% | Denmark |
| 1890s | 20.9% | 36.2% | 15.2% | Denmark |
| 1900s | 22.9% | 40.2% | 17.2% | Denmark |
| 1910s | 25.1% | 44.6% | 19.5% | Denmark |
| 1920s | 27.5% | 49.6% | 22.1% | Denmark |
| 1930s | 30.1% | 55.1% | 25.0% | Denmark |
| 1940s | 33.0% | 61.2% | 28.2% | Denmark |
| 1950s | 40.2% | 71.0% | 30.8% | Denmark |
| 1960s | 48.3% | 76.6% | 28.2% | Denmark |
| 1970s | 59.6% | 81.8% | 22.2% | Denmark |
| 1980s | 71.1% | 84.4% | 13.3% | Denmark |
| 1990s | 77.6% | 85.0% | 7.4% | Denmark |
| 2000s | 82.7% | 85.9% | 3.1% | Denmark |
| 2010s | 85.5% | 87.6% | 2.1% | Denmark |
| 2020s | 87.5% | 88.5% | 1.0% | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Brazil or Denmark?
- Denmark, at 88.8% against 88.2% in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Brazil and Denmark?
- 0.6%, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Denmark?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Denmark rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Brazil ranks 47th and Denmark ranks 45th 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.