Hungary vs Paraguay: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Hungary
70.7%
in 2025
Paraguay
70.4%
in 2025
Hungary rank
104th
Paraguay rank
105th

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

  • Hungary
  • Paraguay
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How they compare

Hungary currently reports 70.7% against 70.4% in Paraguay, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Hungary ahead.

Hungary ranks 104th and Paraguay ranks 105th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Hungary averaged higher in 28 and Paraguay in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hungary Paraguay Difference Ahead
1000s 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% Hungary
1100s 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% Hungary
1200s 0.6% 0.0% 0.6% Hungary
1300s 1.7% 0.0% 1.7% Hungary
1400s 5.2% 0.1% 5.1% Hungary
1500s 4.8% 0.4% 4.4% Hungary
1600s 4.9% 1.2% 3.7% Hungary
1700s 4.8% 3.5% 1.3% Hungary
1710s 5.3% 3.9% 1.4% Hungary
1720s 5.8% 4.3% 1.5% Hungary
1730s 6.3% 4.7% 1.6% Hungary
1740s 6.8% 5.1% 1.7% Hungary
1750s 7.3% 5.6% 1.7% Hungary
1760s 7.4% 6.1% 1.3% Hungary
1770s 7.5% 6.7% 0.8% Hungary
1780s 7.7% 7.4% 0.3% Hungary
1790s 7.8% 8.1% 0.3% Paraguay
1800s 7.9% 8.8% 0.9% Paraguay
1810s 8.1% 9.7% 1.5% Paraguay
1820s 8.4% 10.6% 2.2% Paraguay
1830s 8.6% 11.6% 3.0% Paraguay
1840s 8.9% 12.7% 3.8% Paraguay
1850s 9.2% 13.9% 4.8% Paraguay
1860s 10.3% 15.2% 5.0% Paraguay
1870s 12.3% 16.7% 4.4% Paraguay
1880s 14.8% 18.3% 3.5% Paraguay
1890s 17.8% 20.0% 2.3% Paraguay
1900s 21.3% 21.9% 0.6% Paraguay
1910s 25.6% 24.0% 1.5% Hungary
1920s 30.7% 26.3% 4.4% Hungary
1930s 36.8% 28.8% 8.0% Hungary
1940s 44.2% 31.6% 12.6% Hungary
1950s 52.9% 35.0% 17.9% Hungary
1960s 54.2% 36.1% 18.1% Hungary
1970s 56.4% 38.5% 17.9% Hungary
1980s 59.3% 45.0% 14.3% Hungary
1990s 62.5% 53.7% 8.8% Hungary
2000s 66.1% 58.7% 7.4% Hungary
2010s 70.1% 61.5% 8.6% Hungary
2020s 70.4% 68.6% 1.7% Hungary

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Hungary or Paraguay?
Hungary, at 70.7% against 70.4% in Paraguay as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Hungary and Paraguay?
0.3%, with Hungary ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and Paraguay?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Hungary and Paraguay rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Hungary ranks 104th and Paraguay ranks 105th 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
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Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.