Guam vs Puerto Rico: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Guam
94.2%
in 2025
Puerto Rico
94.3%
in 2025
Guam rank
29th
Puerto Rico rank
28th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Guam
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 94.3% against 94.2% in Guam, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Guam ranks 29th and Puerto Rico ranks 28th of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Guam averaged higher in 5 and Puerto Rico in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guam | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 36.5% | 41.7% | 5.3% | Puerto Rico |
| 1960s | 85.4% | 49.5% | 35.9% | Guam |
| 1970s | 88.8% | 61.3% | 27.4% | Guam |
| 1980s | 89.5% | 74.2% | 15.3% | Guam |
| 1990s | 91.9% | 90.2% | 1.7% | Guam |
| 2000s | 93.7% | 94.1% | 0.4% | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 94.1% | 93.8% | 0.3% | Guam |
| 2020s | 94.1% | 94.2% | 0.0% | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Guam or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 94.3% against 94.2% in Guam as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Guam and Puerto Rico?
- 0.1%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guam and Puerto Rico?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Guam and Puerto Rico rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Guam ranks 29th and Puerto Rico ranks 28th 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 modelled historical data.