Latvia vs Ukraine: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Latvia
68.6%
in 2025
Ukraine
69.6%
in 2025
Latvia rank
112th
Ukraine rank
109th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Latvia
- Ukraine
How they compare
Ukraine currently reports 69.6% against 68.6% in Latvia, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Latvia ahead.
Latvia ranks 112th and Ukraine ranks 109th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 38 and Ukraine in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | Ukraine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Latvia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Latvia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Latvia |
| 1300s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Latvia |
| 1400s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Latvia |
| 1500s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | Latvia |
| 1600s | 1.6% | 0.3% | 1.2% | Latvia |
| 1700s | 4.7% | 1.0% | 3.7% | Latvia |
| 1710s | 5.3% | 1.0% | 4.3% | Latvia |
| 1720s | 5.8% | 1.0% | 4.8% | Latvia |
| 1730s | 6.3% | 1.0% | 5.3% | Latvia |
| 1740s | 7.0% | 1.0% | 6.0% | Latvia |
| 1750s | 7.6% | 1.0% | 6.6% | Latvia |
| 1760s | 8.3% | 1.0% | 7.3% | Latvia |
| 1770s | 9.1% | 0.6% | 8.5% | Latvia |
| 1780s | 10.0% | 0.8% | 9.2% | Latvia |
| 1790s | 11.0% | 1.0% | 10.0% | Latvia |
| 1800s | 12.0% | 1.2% | 10.8% | Latvia |
| 1810s | 13.1% | 1.6% | 11.6% | Latvia |
| 1820s | 14.4% | 2.0% | 12.4% | Latvia |
| 1830s | 15.8% | 2.4% | 13.3% | Latvia |
| 1840s | 17.3% | 3.0% | 14.2% | Latvia |
| 1850s | 18.9% | 3.8% | 15.1% | Latvia |
| 1860s | 20.7% | 4.8% | 16.0% | Latvia |
| 1870s | 22.7% | 6.0% | 16.7% | Latvia |
| 1880s | 24.9% | 7.4% | 17.4% | Latvia |
| 1890s | 27.2% | 9.3% | 17.9% | Latvia |
| 1900s | 29.8% | 11.6% | 18.2% | Latvia |
| 1910s | 32.7% | 14.5% | 18.1% | Latvia |
| 1920s | 35.8% | 18.2% | 17.6% | Latvia |
| 1930s | 39.2% | 22.7% | 16.4% | Latvia |
| 1940s | 42.9% | 28.4% | 14.5% | Latvia |
| 1950s | 51.6% | 40.5% | 11.2% | Latvia |
| 1960s | 59.7% | 50.6% | 9.0% | Latvia |
| 1970s | 65.5% | 58.4% | 7.1% | Latvia |
| 1980s | 69.9% | 64.7% | 5.2% | Latvia |
| 1990s | 69.4% | 67.7% | 1.7% | Latvia |
| 2000s | 67.9% | 67.8% | 0.1% | Latvia |
| 2010s | 67.9% | 69.0% | 1.1% | Ukraine |
| 2020s | 68.3% | 69.5% | 1.1% | Ukraine |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Latvia or Ukraine?
- Ukraine, at 69.6% against 68.6% in Latvia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Latvia and Ukraine?
- 1.0%, with Ukraine ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Ukraine?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Latvia and Ukraine rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Latvia ranks 112th and Ukraine ranks 109th 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 modeled historical data.