Ireland vs Montenegro: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Ireland
64.6%
in 2025
Montenegro
65.6%
in 2025
Ireland rank
124th
Montenegro rank
121st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Ireland
- Montenegro
How they compare
Montenegro currently reports 65.6% against 64.6% in Ireland, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 124th and Montenegro ranks 121st of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 5 and Montenegro in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Montenegro | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42.9% | 16.9% | 26.0% | Ireland |
| 1960s | 48.1% | 28.8% | 19.3% | Ireland |
| 1970s | 53.7% | 38.7% | 14.9% | Ireland |
| 1980s | 56.2% | 46.7% | 9.5% | Ireland |
| 1990s | 57.8% | 52.6% | 5.2% | Ireland |
| 2000s | 60.4% | 62.1% | 1.8% | Montenegro |
| 2010s | 62.6% | 64.8% | 2.2% | Montenegro |
| 2020s | 64.0% | 65.4% | 1.4% | Montenegro |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Ireland or Montenegro?
- Montenegro, at 65.6% against 64.6% in Ireland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Ireland and Montenegro?
- 1.0%, with Montenegro ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Montenegro?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Ireland and Montenegro rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Ireland ranks 124th and Montenegro ranks 121st of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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 modeled historical data.