Denmark vs Greenland: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Denmark

88.8%

in 2025

Greenland

88.6%

in 2025

Denmark rank

45th

Greenland rank

46th

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

Denmark currently reports 88.8% against 88.6% in Greenland, a difference of 0.3%.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.

Denmark ranks 45th and Greenland ranks 46th of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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