Colombia vs Iran: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Colombia
78.8%
in 2025
Iran
77.4%
in 2025
Colombia rank
80th
Iran rank
83rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Colombia
- Iran
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 78.8% against 77.4% in Iran, a difference of 1.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iran ahead.
Colombia ranks 80th and Iran ranks 83rd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 33 and Iran in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Iran | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | Iran |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 2.1% | 2.1% | Iran |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 2.2% | 2.2% | Iran |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 2.3% | 2.3% | Iran |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2.4% | Iran |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 2.5% | 2.5% | Iran |
| 1600s | 2.0% | 2.6% | 0.6% | Iran |
| 1700s | 7.9% | 2.7% | 5.2% | Colombia |
| 1710s | 8.5% | 3.1% | 5.4% | Colombia |
| 1720s | 9.1% | 3.4% | 5.7% | Colombia |
| 1730s | 9.7% | 3.7% | 6.0% | Colombia |
| 1740s | 10.3% | 4.0% | 6.2% | Colombia |
| 1750s | 10.9% | 4.4% | 6.5% | Colombia |
| 1760s | 11.5% | 4.8% | 6.6% | Colombia |
| 1770s | 12.0% | 5.3% | 6.8% | Colombia |
| 1780s | 12.6% | 5.8% | 6.8% | Colombia |
| 1790s | 13.2% | 6.3% | 6.9% | Colombia |
| 1800s | 15.0% | 7.0% | 8.0% | Colombia |
| 1810s | 16.4% | 7.6% | 8.8% | Colombia |
| 1820s | 17.8% | 8.3% | 9.5% | Colombia |
| 1830s | 19.2% | 9.1% | 10.1% | Colombia |
| 1840s | 20.6% | 10.0% | 10.6% | Colombia |
| 1850s | 22.0% | 11.0% | 11.0% | Colombia |
| 1860s | 23.3% | 12.0% | 11.3% | Colombia |
| 1870s | 24.6% | 13.1% | 11.4% | Colombia |
| 1880s | 25.9% | 14.4% | 11.5% | Colombia |
| 1890s | 27.1% | 15.8% | 11.4% | Colombia |
| 1900s | 28.4% | 17.3% | 11.2% | Colombia |
| 1910s | 29.7% | 18.9% | 10.8% | Colombia |
| 1920s | 31.0% | 20.7% | 10.3% | Colombia |
| 1930s | 31.3% | 22.7% | 8.6% | Colombia |
| 1940s | 31.5% | 24.9% | 6.7% | Colombia |
| 1950s | 42.9% | 30.3% | 12.6% | Colombia |
| 1960s | 52.6% | 37.1% | 15.5% | Colombia |
| 1970s | 61.6% | 45.5% | 16.0% | Colombia |
| 1980s | 66.9% | 53.1% | 13.8% | Colombia |
| 1990s | 71.6% | 60.0% | 11.7% | Colombia |
| 2000s | 75.7% | 67.4% | 8.3% | Colombia |
| 2010s | 77.1% | 73.0% | 4.1% | Colombia |
| 2020s | 78.2% | 76.5% | 1.7% | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Colombia or Iran?
- Colombia, at 78.8% against 77.4% in Iran as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Colombia and Iran?
- 1.4%, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Iran?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Iran rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Colombia ranks 80th and Iran ranks 83rd of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.