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

Croatia
57.8%
in 2025
Guatemala
56.3%
in 2025
Croatia rank
151st
Guatemala rank
153rd

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

  • Croatia
  • Guatemala
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How they compare

Croatia currently reports 57.8% against 56.3% in Guatemala, a difference of 1.5%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Guatemala ahead.

Croatia ranks 151st and Guatemala ranks 153rd of 238 countries.

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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 modelled historical data.