El Salvador vs Finland: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
El Salvador
75.5%
in 2025
Finland
74.5%
in 2025
El Salvador rank
87th
Finland rank
90th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- El Salvador
- Finland
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 75.5% against 74.5% in Finland, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Finland ahead.
El Salvador ranks 87th and Finland ranks 90th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Finland in 38.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | 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 | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | Finland |
| 1500s | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% | Finland |
| 1600s | 0.7% | 1.4% | 0.7% | Finland |
| 1700s | 2.0% | 4.0% | 2.0% | Finland |
| 1710s | 2.2% | 5.1% | 3.0% | Finland |
| 1720s | 2.4% | 6.2% | 3.8% | Finland |
| 1730s | 2.7% | 7.4% | 4.6% | Finland |
| 1740s | 3.1% | 8.5% | 5.4% | Finland |
| 1750s | 3.5% | 9.6% | 6.1% | Finland |
| 1760s | 3.9% | 10.7% | 6.8% | Finland |
| 1770s | 4.4% | 11.8% | 7.4% | Finland |
| 1780s | 4.9% | 12.9% | 8.0% | Finland |
| 1790s | 5.5% | 14.1% | 8.5% | Finland |
| 1800s | 6.2% | 15.2% | 8.9% | Finland |
| 1810s | 7.0% | 16.3% | 9.3% | Finland |
| 1820s | 7.9% | 17.4% | 9.5% | Finland |
| 1830s | 8.9% | 18.5% | 9.6% | Finland |
| 1840s | 10.0% | 19.6% | 9.6% | Finland |
| 1850s | 11.2% | 20.8% | 9.5% | Finland |
| 1860s | 12.6% | 21.9% | 9.2% | Finland |
| 1870s | 14.2% | 23.0% | 8.8% | Finland |
| 1880s | 16.0% | 24.1% | 8.1% | Finland |
| 1890s | 18.0% | 25.2% | 7.2% | Finland |
| 1900s | 20.3% | 26.3% | 6.1% | Finland |
| 1910s | 22.8% | 27.5% | 4.7% | Finland |
| 1920s | 25.6% | 28.6% | 2.9% | Finland |
| 1930s | 28.8% | 29.7% | 0.8% | Finland |
| 1940s | 32.5% | 30.8% | 1.6% | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 37.4% | 49.6% | 12.3% | Finland |
| 1960s | 38.9% | 57.9% | 19.1% | Finland |
| 1970s | 40.6% | 61.9% | 21.3% | Finland |
| 1980s | 45.5% | 63.5% | 18.0% | Finland |
| 1990s | 52.2% | 64.9% | 12.8% | Finland |
| 2000s | 60.6% | 68.4% | 7.8% | Finland |
| 2010s | 69.1% | 71.2% | 2.0% | Finland |
| 2020s | 74.3% | 73.8% | 0.5% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, El Salvador or Finland?
- El Salvador, at 75.5% against 74.5% in Finland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between El Salvador and Finland?
- 1.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Finland?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Finland rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- El Salvador ranks 87th 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.