Statizoid

Greenland vs Sweden: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Greenland
88.6%
in 2025
Sweden
89.1%
in 2025
Greenland rank
46th
Sweden rank
43rd

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

  • Greenland
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 89.1% against 88.6% in Greenland, a difference of 0.5%.

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

Greenland ranks 46th and Sweden ranks 43rd of 238 countries.

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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 modelled historical data.