Estonia vs Paraguay: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Estonia
70.7%
in 2025
Paraguay
70.4%
in 2025
Estonia rank
102nd
Paraguay rank
105th

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

  • Estonia
  • Paraguay
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How they compare

Estonia currently reports 70.7% against 70.4% in Paraguay, a difference of 0.3%.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Estonia has been ahead every year.

Estonia ranks 102nd and Paraguay ranks 105th of 238 countries.

Estonia has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Estonia Paraguay Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Estonia
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Estonia
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Estonia
1300s 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% Estonia
1400s 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% Estonia
1500s 0.6% 0.4% 0.2% Estonia
1600s 1.7% 1.2% 0.5% Estonia
1700s 5.0% 3.5% 1.5% Estonia
1710s 5.6% 3.9% 1.7% Estonia
1720s 6.1% 4.3% 1.9% Estonia
1730s 6.7% 4.7% 2.0% Estonia
1740s 7.4% 5.1% 2.2% Estonia
1750s 8.1% 5.6% 2.4% Estonia
1760s 8.8% 6.1% 2.7% Estonia
1770s 9.7% 6.7% 2.9% Estonia
1780s 10.6% 7.4% 3.2% Estonia
1790s 11.6% 8.1% 3.5% Estonia
1800s 12.7% 8.8% 3.9% Estonia
1810s 13.9% 9.7% 4.2% Estonia
1820s 15.2% 10.6% 4.6% Estonia
1830s 16.7% 11.6% 5.1% Estonia
1840s 18.3% 12.7% 5.6% Estonia
1850s 20.0% 13.9% 6.1% Estonia
1860s 21.9% 15.2% 6.7% Estonia
1870s 24.0% 16.7% 7.3% Estonia
1880s 26.3% 18.3% 8.0% Estonia
1890s 28.8% 20.0% 8.7% Estonia
1900s 31.5% 21.9% 9.6% Estonia
1910s 34.5% 24.0% 10.5% Estonia
1920s 37.8% 26.3% 11.5% Estonia
1930s 41.4% 28.8% 12.6% Estonia
1940s 45.4% 31.6% 13.8% Estonia
1950s 52.6% 35.0% 17.6% Estonia
1960s 61.7% 36.1% 25.6% Estonia
1970s 67.4% 38.5% 28.9% Estonia
1980s 70.9% 45.0% 26.0% Estonia
1990s 69.3% 53.7% 15.6% Estonia
2000s 67.5% 58.7% 8.8% Estonia
2010s 68.5% 61.5% 7.0% Estonia
2020s 70.4% 68.6% 1.8% Estonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Estonia or Paraguay?
Estonia, at 70.7% against 70.4% in Paraguay as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Estonia and Paraguay?
0.3%, with Estonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Paraguay?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Estonia and Paraguay rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Estonia ranks 102nd and Paraguay ranks 105th 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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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
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Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.