Dominica vs Finland: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Dominica
74.0%
in 2025
Finland
74.5%
in 2025
Dominica rank
92nd
Finland rank
90th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Dominica
- Finland
How they compare
Finland currently reports 74.5% against 74.0% in Dominica, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Finland ahead.
Dominica ranks 92nd and Finland ranks 90th of 238 countries.
Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominica | Finland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Finland |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Finland |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Finland |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Finland |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Finland |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | Finland |
| 1600s | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | Finland |
| 1700s | 0.1% | 4.0% | 3.9% | Finland |
| 1710s | 0.1% | 5.1% | 5.0% | Finland |
| 1720s | 0.1% | 6.2% | 6.1% | Finland |
| 1730s | 0.2% | 7.4% | 7.2% | Finland |
| 1740s | 0.2% | 8.5% | 8.3% | Finland |
| 1750s | 0.3% | 9.6% | 9.3% | Finland |
| 1760s | 0.3% | 10.7% | 10.4% | Finland |
| 1770s | 0.4% | 11.8% | 11.4% | Finland |
| 1780s | 0.5% | 12.9% | 12.4% | Finland |
| 1790s | 0.6% | 14.1% | 13.4% | Finland |
| 1800s | 0.8% | 15.2% | 14.4% | Finland |
| 1810s | 1.0% | 16.3% | 15.3% | Finland |
| 1820s | 1.2% | 17.4% | 16.2% | Finland |
| 1830s | 1.5% | 18.5% | 17.0% | Finland |
| 1840s | 1.9% | 19.6% | 17.8% | Finland |
| 1850s | 2.3% | 20.8% | 18.4% | Finland |
| 1860s | 2.9% | 21.9% | 18.9% | Finland |
| 1870s | 3.7% | 23.0% | 19.3% | Finland |
| 1880s | 4.6% | 24.1% | 19.5% | Finland |
| 1890s | 5.7% | 25.2% | 19.5% | Finland |
| 1900s | 7.2% | 26.3% | 19.2% | Finland |
| 1910s | 9.0% | 27.5% | 18.5% | Finland |
| 1920s | 11.2% | 28.6% | 17.4% | Finland |
| 1930s | 14.0% | 29.7% | 15.7% | Finland |
| 1940s | 20.0% | 30.8% | 10.8% | Finland |
| 1950s | 36.5% | 49.6% | 13.1% | Finland |
| 1960s | 38.1% | 57.9% | 19.8% | Finland |
| 1970s | 41.4% | 61.9% | 20.6% | Finland |
| 1980s | 54.4% | 63.5% | 9.0% | Finland |
| 1990s | 64.8% | 64.9% | 0.1% | Finland |
| 2000s | 66.2% | 68.4% | 2.2% | Finland |
| 2010s | 69.7% | 71.2% | 1.5% | Finland |
| 2020s | 72.9% | 73.8% | 0.9% | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Dominica or Finland?
- Finland, at 74.5% against 74.0% in Dominica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Dominica and Finland?
- 0.5%, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Finland?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Dominica and Finland rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Dominica ranks 92nd and Finland ranks 90th 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.