Fiji vs Nicaragua: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Fiji
59.5%
in 2025
Nicaragua
59.4%
in 2025
Fiji rank
143rd
Nicaragua rank
144th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Fiji
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 59.5% against 59.4% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Fiji ranks 143rd and Nicaragua ranks 144th of 238 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Nicaragua |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 1.2% | 1.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1700s | 0.2% | 3.5% | 3.3% | Nicaragua |
| 1710s | 0.3% | 4.0% | 3.6% | Nicaragua |
| 1720s | 0.4% | 4.3% | 3.9% | Nicaragua |
| 1730s | 0.5% | 4.8% | 4.3% | Nicaragua |
| 1740s | 0.6% | 5.2% | 4.6% | Nicaragua |
| 1750s | 0.7% | 5.7% | 5.0% | Nicaragua |
| 1760s | 0.8% | 6.2% | 5.4% | Nicaragua |
| 1770s | 1.0% | 6.8% | 5.9% | Nicaragua |
| 1780s | 1.2% | 7.5% | 6.3% | Nicaragua |
| 1790s | 1.4% | 8.2% | 6.8% | Nicaragua |
| 1800s | 1.7% | 9.0% | 7.3% | Nicaragua |
| 1810s | 2.1% | 9.8% | 7.8% | Nicaragua |
| 1820s | 2.5% | 10.8% | 8.3% | Nicaragua |
| 1830s | 3.0% | 11.8% | 8.9% | Nicaragua |
| 1840s | 3.6% | 12.9% | 9.4% | Nicaragua |
| 1850s | 4.3% | 14.2% | 9.9% | Nicaragua |
| 1860s | 5.1% | 15.5% | 10.4% | Nicaragua |
| 1870s | 6.1% | 17.0% | 10.9% | Nicaragua |
| 1880s | 7.4% | 18.6% | 11.3% | Nicaragua |
| 1890s | 8.8% | 20.4% | 11.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1900s | 10.6% | 22.3% | 11.7% | Nicaragua |
| 1910s | 12.7% | 24.5% | 11.7% | Nicaragua |
| 1920s | 15.3% | 26.8% | 11.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1930s | 18.3% | 29.3% | 11.0% | Nicaragua |
| 1940s | 22.0% | 32.1% | 10.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1950s | 16.1% | 36.6% | 20.4% | Nicaragua |
| 1960s | 31.3% | 42.5% | 11.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 36.6% | 49.2% | 12.6% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 38.6% | 52.3% | 13.7% | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 44.9% | 54.3% | 9.4% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 49.7% | 55.9% | 6.2% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 54.4% | 57.7% | 3.3% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 58.4% | 59.1% | 0.7% | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Fiji or Nicaragua?
- Fiji, at 59.5% against 59.4% in Nicaragua as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Fiji and Nicaragua?
- 0.1%, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Nicaragua?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Fiji and Nicaragua rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Fiji ranks 143rd and Nicaragua ranks 144th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.