South Korea vs Spain: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

South Korea

81.2%

in 2025

Spain

80.5%

in 2025

South Korea rank

65th

Spain rank

67th

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

South Korea currently reports 81.2% against 80.5% in Spain, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Spain ahead.

South Korea ranks 65th and Spain ranks 67th 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.