Croatia vs Ghana: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Croatia
57.8%
in 2025
Ghana
58.9%
in 2025
Croatia rank
151st
Ghana rank
148th

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

  • Croatia
  • Ghana
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 58.9% against 57.8% in Croatia, a difference of 1.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Ghana ahead.

Croatia ranks 151st and Ghana ranks 148th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 9 and Ghana in 31.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia Ghana Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Ghana
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Ghana
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Ghana
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Ghana
1400s 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% Ghana
1500s 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% Ghana
1600s 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% Ghana
1700s 1.0% 1.5% 0.5% Ghana
1710s 1.0% 1.7% 0.7% Ghana
1720s 1.0% 1.9% 0.9% Ghana
1730s 1.0% 2.1% 1.1% Ghana
1740s 1.0% 2.3% 1.3% Ghana
1750s 1.0% 2.5% 1.5% Ghana
1760s 1.0% 2.7% 1.7% Ghana
1770s 1.0% 3.0% 2.0% Ghana
1780s 1.0% 3.3% 2.3% Ghana
1790s 1.0% 3.6% 2.6% Ghana
1800s 1.0% 3.9% 2.9% Ghana
1810s 1.0% 4.3% 3.3% Ghana
1820s 1.2% 4.7% 3.5% Ghana
1830s 1.5% 5.2% 3.7% Ghana
1840s 1.9% 5.7% 3.8% Ghana
1850s 2.4% 6.2% 3.8% Ghana
1860s 3.0% 6.8% 3.8% Ghana
1870s 3.7% 7.5% 3.7% Ghana
1880s 4.7% 8.2% 3.5% Ghana
1890s 5.8% 8.9% 3.1% Ghana
1900s 7.3% 9.8% 2.5% Ghana
1910s 9.1% 10.7% 1.6% Ghana
1920s 11.4% 11.8% 0.3% Ghana
1930s 14.3% 12.9% 1.4% Croatia
1940s 17.8% 14.1% 3.7% Croatia
1950s 25.7% 18.9% 6.8% Croatia
1960s 34.7% 26.1% 8.5% Croatia
1970s 43.7% 30.0% 13.7% Croatia
1980s 50.6% 32.6% 18.0% Croatia
1990s 55.0% 39.5% 15.5% Croatia
2000s 55.5% 47.1% 8.5% Croatia
2010s 55.6% 53.3% 2.3% Croatia
2020s 57.1% 57.5% 0.4% Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Croatia or Ghana?
Ghana, at 58.9% against 57.8% in Croatia as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Croatia and Ghana?
1.1%, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Ghana?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Croatia and Ghana rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Croatia ranks 151st and Ghana ranks 148th 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

Indicator
Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.