Cuba vs El Salvador: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Cuba
77.2%
in 2025
El Salvador
75.5%
in 2025
Cuba rank
84th
El Salvador rank
87th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Cuba
- El Salvador
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 77.2% against 75.5% in El Salvador, a difference of 1.7%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Cuba has been ahead every year.
Cuba ranks 84th and El Salvador ranks 87th of 238 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cuba |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cuba |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cuba |
| 1300s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cuba |
| 1400s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Cuba |
| 1500s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | Cuba |
| 1600s | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% | Cuba |
| 1700s | 5.7% | 2.0% | 3.7% | Cuba |
| 1710s | 6.4% | 2.2% | 4.2% | Cuba |
| 1720s | 7.0% | 2.4% | 4.5% | Cuba |
| 1730s | 7.6% | 2.7% | 4.9% | Cuba |
| 1740s | 8.4% | 3.1% | 5.3% | Cuba |
| 1750s | 9.2% | 3.5% | 5.7% | Cuba |
| 1760s | 10.0% | 3.9% | 6.1% | Cuba |
| 1770s | 11.0% | 4.4% | 6.6% | Cuba |
| 1780s | 12.0% | 4.9% | 7.1% | Cuba |
| 1790s | 13.2% | 5.5% | 7.6% | Cuba |
| 1800s | 14.4% | 6.2% | 8.2% | Cuba |
| 1810s | 15.8% | 7.0% | 8.8% | Cuba |
| 1820s | 17.3% | 7.9% | 9.4% | Cuba |
| 1830s | 19.0% | 8.9% | 10.1% | Cuba |
| 1840s | 20.8% | 10.0% | 10.8% | Cuba |
| 1850s | 22.8% | 11.2% | 11.5% | Cuba |
| 1860s | 24.9% | 12.6% | 12.3% | Cuba |
| 1870s | 27.3% | 14.2% | 13.1% | Cuba |
| 1880s | 29.9% | 16.0% | 13.9% | Cuba |
| 1890s | 32.7% | 18.0% | 14.7% | Cuba |
| 1900s | 35.9% | 20.3% | 15.6% | Cuba |
| 1910s | 39.3% | 22.8% | 16.5% | Cuba |
| 1920s | 43.0% | 25.6% | 17.4% | Cuba |
| 1930s | 47.1% | 28.8% | 18.3% | Cuba |
| 1940s | 51.6% | 32.5% | 19.1% | Cuba |
| 1950s | 57.1% | 37.4% | 19.7% | Cuba |
| 1960s | 58.7% | 38.9% | 19.9% | Cuba |
| 1970s | 63.7% | 40.6% | 23.1% | Cuba |
| 1980s | 70.9% | 45.5% | 25.4% | Cuba |
| 1990s | 74.6% | 52.2% | 22.5% | Cuba |
| 2000s | 76.0% | 60.6% | 15.5% | Cuba |
| 2010s | 76.9% | 69.1% | 7.7% | Cuba |
| 2020s | 77.1% | 74.3% | 2.8% | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Cuba or El Salvador?
- Cuba, at 77.2% against 75.5% in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Cuba and El Salvador?
- 1.7%, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and El Salvador?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Cuba and El Salvador rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Cuba ranks 84th and El Salvador ranks 87th 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.