Ecuador vs North Macedonia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Ecuador

63.4%

in 2025

North Macedonia

62.9%

in 2025

Ecuador rank

129th

North Macedonia rank

132nd

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

Ecuador currently reports 63.4% against 62.9% in North Macedonia, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 129th and North Macedonia ranks 132nd 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.