Greece vs Oman: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Greece
79.2%
in 2025
Oman
79.5%
in 2025
Greece rank
76th
Oman rank
73rd

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

  • Greece
  • Oman
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How they compare

Oman currently reports 79.5% against 79.2% in Greece, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 76th and Oman ranks 73rd of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 39 and Oman in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Oman Difference Ahead
1000s 5.1% 0.0% 5.1% Greece
1100s 5.5% 0.0% 5.5% Greece
1200s 5.9% 0.0% 5.9% Greece
1300s 6.4% 0.0% 6.3% Greece
1400s 6.8% 0.0% 6.7% Greece
1500s 7.2% 0.1% 7.1% Greece
1600s 7.6% 0.3% 7.3% Greece
1700s 8.0% 0.9% 7.1% Greece
1710s 8.0% 1.0% 7.0% Greece
1720s 8.0% 1.1% 6.9% Greece
1730s 8.0% 1.2% 6.8% Greece
1740s 8.0% 1.3% 6.7% Greece
1750s 8.0% 1.4% 6.6% Greece
1760s 8.0% 1.5% 6.5% Greece
1770s 8.0% 1.7% 6.3% Greece
1780s 8.0% 1.8% 6.2% Greece
1790s 8.0% 2.0% 6.0% Greece
1800s 8.0% 2.2% 5.8% Greece
1810s 8.0% 2.4% 5.6% Greece
1820s 8.0% 2.6% 5.4% Greece
1830s 8.0% 2.9% 5.1% Greece
1840s 8.0% 3.2% 4.8% Greece
1850s 8.0% 3.5% 4.5% Greece
1860s 8.0% 3.8% 4.2% Greece
1870s 8.0% 4.2% 3.8% Greece
1880s 8.0% 4.5% 3.5% Greece
1890s 8.0% 5.0% 3.0% Greece
1900s 8.0% 5.5% 2.5% Greece
1910s 8.1% 6.0% 2.1% Greece
1920s 12.5% 6.5% 6.0% Greece
1930s 15.0% 7.2% 7.8% Greece
1940s 20.0% 7.9% 12.1% Greece
1950s 53.8% 11.8% 42.0% Greece
1960s 59.4% 23.0% 36.4% Greece
1970s 66.9% 43.2% 23.7% Greece
1980s 70.5% 63.2% 7.3% Greece
1990s 72.0% 71.4% 0.6% Greece
2000s 74.2% 72.3% 1.8% Greece
2010s 77.4% 77.2% 0.1% Greece
2020s 78.7% 79.8% 1.1% Oman

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Greece or Oman?
Oman, at 79.5% against 79.2% in Greece as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Greece and Oman?
0.3%, with Oman ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Oman?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Greece and Oman rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Greece ranks 76th and Oman ranks 73rd 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.