Costa Rica vs Oman: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Costa Rica
79.7%
in 2025
Oman
79.5%
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
71st
Oman rank
73rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Costa Rica
- Oman
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 79.7% against 79.5% in Oman, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 71st and Oman ranks 73rd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 34 and Oman in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Oman | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1500s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Costa Rica |
| 1600s | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.8% | Costa Rica |
| 1700s | 3.4% | 0.9% | 2.5% | Costa Rica |
| 1710s | 3.8% | 1.0% | 2.8% | Costa Rica |
| 1720s | 4.2% | 1.1% | 3.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1730s | 4.6% | 1.2% | 3.4% | Costa Rica |
| 1740s | 5.0% | 1.3% | 3.7% | Costa Rica |
| 1750s | 5.5% | 1.4% | 4.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1760s | 6.0% | 1.5% | 4.5% | Costa Rica |
| 1770s | 6.6% | 1.7% | 4.9% | Costa Rica |
| 1780s | 7.2% | 1.8% | 5.4% | Costa Rica |
| 1790s | 7.9% | 2.0% | 5.9% | Costa Rica |
| 1800s | 8.6% | 2.2% | 6.4% | Costa Rica |
| 1810s | 9.4% | 2.4% | 7.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1820s | 10.3% | 2.6% | 7.7% | Costa Rica |
| 1830s | 11.3% | 2.9% | 8.4% | Costa Rica |
| 1840s | 12.4% | 3.2% | 9.2% | Costa Rica |
| 1850s | 13.6% | 3.5% | 10.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 14.9% | 3.8% | 11.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 16.3% | 4.2% | 12.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 17.8% | 4.5% | 13.3% | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 19.5% | 5.0% | 14.6% | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 21.4% | 5.5% | 15.9% | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 23.4% | 6.0% | 17.5% | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 25.7% | 6.5% | 19.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 28.1% | 7.2% | 21.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 30.8% | 7.9% | 22.9% | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 33.7% | 11.8% | 21.9% | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 35.5% | 23.0% | 12.5% | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 41.0% | 43.2% | 2.2% | Oman |
| 1980s | 44.9% | 63.2% | 18.3% | Oman |
| 1990s | 53.1% | 71.4% | 18.3% | Oman |
| 2000s | 64.4% | 72.3% | 7.9% | Oman |
| 2010s | 74.6% | 77.2% | 2.6% | Oman |
| 2020s | 78.6% | 79.8% | 1.1% | Oman |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Costa Rica or Oman?
- Costa Rica, at 79.7% against 79.5% in Oman as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Costa Rica and Oman?
- 0.2%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Oman?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Oman rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Costa Rica ranks 71st and Oman ranks 73rd 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.