Canada vs Falkland Islands: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Canada
82.9%
in 2025
Falkland Islands
81.5%
in 2025
Canada rank
61st
Falkland Islands rank
63rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Canada
- Falkland Islands
How they compare
Canada currently reports 82.9% against 81.5% in Falkland Islands, a difference of 1.4%.
Across all 104 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 61st and Falkland Islands ranks 63rd of 238 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 36 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Falkland Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Canada |
| 1500s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Canada |
| 1600s | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.7% | Canada |
| 1700s | 2.0% | 0.0% | 2.0% | Canada |
| 1710s | 2.0% | 0.1% | 1.9% | Canada |
| 1720s | 2.3% | 0.1% | 2.2% | Canada |
| 1730s | 2.7% | 0.1% | 2.6% | Canada |
| 1740s | 3.1% | 0.1% | 3.0% | Canada |
| 1750s | 3.7% | 0.2% | 3.5% | Canada |
| 1760s | 4.3% | 0.2% | 4.1% | Canada |
| 1770s | 5.0% | 0.3% | 4.7% | Canada |
| 1780s | 5.8% | 0.4% | 5.5% | Canada |
| 1790s | 6.8% | 0.5% | 6.3% | Canada |
| 1800s | 7.9% | 0.7% | 7.3% | Canada |
| 1810s | 9.3% | 0.9% | 8.4% | Canada |
| 1820s | 10.8% | 1.2% | 9.6% | Canada |
| 1830s | 12.6% | 1.6% | 11.0% | Canada |
| 1840s | 14.7% | 2.2% | 12.6% | Canada |
| 1850s | 17.2% | 2.9% | 14.3% | Canada |
| 1860s | 20.0% | 3.8% | 16.2% | Canada |
| 1870s | 23.4% | 5.1% | 18.2% | Canada |
| 1880s | 27.3% | 6.8% | 20.4% | Canada |
| 1890s | 31.8% | 9.1% | 22.7% | Canada |
| 1900s | 37.5% | 12.1% | 25.4% | Canada |
| 1910s | 45.4% | 16.2% | 29.2% | Canada |
| 1920s | 49.5% | 21.6% | 28.0% | Canada |
| 1930s | 56.0% | 28.8% | 27.2% | Canada |
| 1940s | 60.0% | 38.3% | 21.7% | Canada |
| 1950s | 65.5% | 50.6% | 14.9% | Canada |
| 1960s | 72.4% | 50.6% | 21.8% | Canada |
| 1970s | 75.8% | 56.0% | 19.8% | Canada |
| 1980s | 76.2% | 64.0% | 12.2% | Canada |
| 1990s | 77.5% | 68.8% | 8.7% | Canada |
| 2000s | 79.8% | 70.5% | 9.2% | Canada |
| 2010s | 81.3% | 75.2% | 6.1% | Canada |
| 2020s | 82.4% | 80.5% | 1.9% | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Canada or Falkland Islands?
- Canada, at 82.9% against 81.5% in Falkland Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Canada and Falkland Islands?
- 1.4%, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Falkland Islands?
- 104 years are reported by both, from 1400 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Falkland Islands rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Canada ranks 61st and Falkland Islands ranks 63rd 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.