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
- North Macedonia
How they compare
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.
Across the 40 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 36 and North Macedonia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | North Macedonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Ecuador |
| 1500s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Ecuador |
| 1600s | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.6% | Ecuador |
| 1700s | 2.8% | 1.0% | 1.8% | Ecuador |
| 1710s | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2.1% | Ecuador |
| 1720s | 3.4% | 1.0% | 2.4% | Ecuador |
| 1730s | 3.7% | 1.0% | 2.7% | Ecuador |
| 1740s | 4.1% | 1.0% | 3.1% | Ecuador |
| 1750s | 4.5% | 1.0% | 3.5% | Ecuador |
| 1760s | 4.9% | 1.0% | 3.9% | Ecuador |
| 1770s | 5.4% | 1.0% | 4.4% | Ecuador |
| 1780s | 5.9% | 1.0% | 4.9% | Ecuador |
| 1790s | 6.4% | 1.0% | 5.4% | Ecuador |
| 1800s | 7.1% | 1.0% | 6.1% | Ecuador |
| 1810s | 7.7% | 1.0% | 6.7% | Ecuador |
| 1820s | 8.5% | 1.3% | 7.2% | Ecuador |
| 1830s | 9.3% | 1.6% | 7.7% | Ecuador |
| 1840s | 10.1% | 2.0% | 8.2% | Ecuador |
| 1850s | 11.1% | 2.5% | 8.6% | Ecuador |
| 1860s | 12.2% | 3.1% | 9.1% | Ecuador |
| 1870s | 13.3% | 3.9% | 9.5% | Ecuador |
| 1880s | 14.6% | 4.8% | 9.8% | Ecuador |
| 1890s | 16.0% | 6.0% | 10.0% | Ecuador |
| 1900s | 17.5% | 7.5% | 10.0% | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 19.2% | 9.4% | 9.8% | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 21.0% | 11.8% | 9.3% | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 23.0% | 14.7% | 8.3% | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 25.2% | 18.4% | 6.8% | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 31.3% | 28.0% | 3.3% | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 36.9% | 40.2% | 3.2% | North Macedonia |
| 1970s | 42.1% | 50.5% | 8.4% | North Macedonia |
| 1980s | 50.9% | 55.4% | 4.5% | North Macedonia |
| 1990s | 57.8% | 59.0% | 1.2% | North Macedonia |
| 2000s | 61.8% | 58.0% | 3.8% | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 62.9% | 59.1% | 3.8% | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 63.2% | 62.1% | 1.1% | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Ecuador or North Macedonia?
- Ecuador, at 63.4% against 62.9% in North Macedonia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Ecuador and North Macedonia?
- 0.5%, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and North Macedonia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and North Macedonia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Ecuador ranks 129th and North Macedonia ranks 132nd 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 modeled historical data.