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

Greece
79.2%
in 2025
Palau
79.3%
in 2025
Greece rank
76th
Palau rank
75th

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

  • Greece
  • Palau
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How they compare

Palau currently reports 79.3% against 79.2% in Greece, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 76th and Palau ranks 75th of 238 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 5 and Palau in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Palau Difference Ahead
1950s 53.8% 33.9% 19.9% Greece
1960s 59.4% 51.2% 8.1% Greece
1970s 66.9% 60.7% 6.3% Greece
1980s 70.5% 66.5% 4.0% Greece
1990s 72.0% 70.5% 1.5% Greece
2000s 74.2% 75.8% 1.7% Palau
2010s 77.4% 80.4% 3.0% Palau
2020s 78.7% 79.2% 0.4% Palau

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 Palau?
Palau, at 79.3% 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 Palau?
0.1%, with Palau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Palau?
76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
How do Greece and Palau rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Greece ranks 76th and Palau ranks 75th 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

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
Last refreshed

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