Honduras vs Nicaragua: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Honduras

59.3%

in 2025

Nicaragua

59.4%

in 2025

Honduras rank

147th

Nicaragua rank

144th

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

Nicaragua currently reports 59.4% against 59.3% in Honduras, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Honduras ranks 147th and Nicaragua ranks 144th of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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