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
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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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.