Iceland vs Puerto Rico: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Iceland
94.2%
in 2025
Puerto Rico
94.3%
in 2025
Iceland rank
30th
Puerto Rico rank
28th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Iceland
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 94.3% against 94.2% in Iceland, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Iceland ranks 30th and Puerto Rico ranks 28th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 30 and Puerto Rico in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Puerto Rico |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Puerto Rico |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Puerto Rico |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Puerto Rico |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Puerto Rico |
| 1500s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Puerto Rico |
| 1600s | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.2% | Puerto Rico |
| 1700s | 3.6% | 4.1% | 0.5% | Puerto Rico |
| 1710s | 6.0% | 4.6% | 1.5% | Iceland |
| 1720s | 8.5% | 5.0% | 3.5% | Iceland |
| 1730s | 11.0% | 5.5% | 5.5% | Iceland |
| 1740s | 13.5% | 6.0% | 7.4% | Iceland |
| 1750s | 15.9% | 6.6% | 9.3% | Iceland |
| 1760s | 18.4% | 7.2% | 11.2% | Iceland |
| 1770s | 20.9% | 7.9% | 13.0% | Iceland |
| 1780s | 23.3% | 8.6% | 14.7% | Iceland |
| 1790s | 25.8% | 9.5% | 16.3% | Iceland |
| 1800s | 28.3% | 10.4% | 17.9% | Iceland |
| 1810s | 30.7% | 11.4% | 19.4% | Iceland |
| 1820s | 33.2% | 12.4% | 20.8% | Iceland |
| 1830s | 35.7% | 13.6% | 22.0% | Iceland |
| 1840s | 38.1% | 14.9% | 23.2% | Iceland |
| 1850s | 40.6% | 16.3% | 24.3% | Iceland |
| 1860s | 43.1% | 17.9% | 25.2% | Iceland |
| 1870s | 45.5% | 19.6% | 25.9% | Iceland |
| 1880s | 48.0% | 21.5% | 26.5% | Iceland |
| 1890s | 50.5% | 23.5% | 27.0% | Iceland |
| 1900s | 52.9% | 25.8% | 27.2% | Iceland |
| 1910s | 55.4% | 28.2% | 27.2% | Iceland |
| 1920s | 57.9% | 30.9% | 27.0% | Iceland |
| 1930s | 59.1% | 33.8% | 25.3% | Iceland |
| 1940s | 60.6% | 37.1% | 23.5% | Iceland |
| 1950s | 76.4% | 41.7% | 34.6% | Iceland |
| 1960s | 82.7% | 49.5% | 33.2% | Iceland |
| 1970s | 86.6% | 61.3% | 25.3% | Iceland |
| 1980s | 89.2% | 74.2% | 15.0% | Iceland |
| 1990s | 91.4% | 90.2% | 1.3% | Iceland |
| 2000s | 92.4% | 94.1% | 1.7% | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 93.7% | 93.8% | 0.1% | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 94.2% | 94.2% | 0.0% | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Iceland or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 94.3% against 94.2% in Iceland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Iceland and Puerto Rico?
- 0.1%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Puerto Rico?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Puerto Rico rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Iceland ranks 30th 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.