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
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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

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.