Mauritania vs Portugal: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Mauritania
61.5%
in 2025
Portugal
61.5%
in 2025
Mauritania rank
139th
Portugal rank
138th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Mauritania
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 61.5% against 61.5% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
Mauritania ranks 139th and Portugal ranks 138th of 238 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 13.5% | 13.5% | Portugal |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 16.4% | 16.4% | Portugal |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 13.2% | 13.2% | Portugal |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 36.2% | 36.2% | Portugal |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 23.3% | 23.3% | Portugal |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 13.8% | 13.8% | Portugal |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 12.7% | 12.5% | Portugal |
| 1700s | 0.3% | 11.5% | 11.2% | Portugal |
| 1710s | 0.3% | 11.5% | 11.2% | Portugal |
| 1720s | 0.4% | 11.5% | 11.1% | Portugal |
| 1730s | 0.4% | 11.5% | 11.1% | Portugal |
| 1740s | 0.5% | 11.5% | 11.0% | Portugal |
| 1750s | 0.5% | 11.5% | 11.0% | Portugal |
| 1760s | 0.5% | 11.5% | 11.0% | Portugal |
| 1770s | 0.6% | 11.5% | 10.9% | Portugal |
| 1780s | 0.7% | 11.5% | 10.8% | Portugal |
| 1790s | 0.7% | 11.5% | 10.8% | Portugal |
| 1800s | 0.8% | 11.5% | 10.7% | Portugal |
| 1810s | 0.9% | 11.5% | 10.6% | Portugal |
| 1820s | 0.9% | 11.5% | 10.6% | Portugal |
| 1830s | 1.0% | 11.5% | 10.5% | Portugal |
| 1840s | 1.1% | 11.5% | 10.4% | Portugal |
| 1850s | 1.2% | 11.5% | 10.3% | Portugal |
| 1860s | 1.3% | 11.5% | 10.2% | Portugal |
| 1870s | 1.5% | 11.5% | 10.0% | Portugal |
| 1880s | 1.6% | 11.5% | 9.9% | Portugal |
| 1890s | 1.8% | 12.0% | 10.2% | Portugal |
| 1900s | 1.9% | 14.0% | 12.1% | Portugal |
| 1910s | 2.1% | 17.0% | 14.9% | Portugal |
| 1920s | 2.3% | 21.0% | 18.7% | Portugal |
| 1930s | 2.5% | 24.0% | 21.5% | Portugal |
| 1940s | 2.8% | 27.0% | 24.2% | Portugal |
| 1950s | 4.2% | 29.3% | 25.1% | Portugal |
| 1960s | 10.1% | 32.6% | 22.5% | Portugal |
| 1970s | 20.5% | 37.8% | 17.4% | Portugal |
| 1980s | 35.8% | 44.2% | 8.4% | Portugal |
| 1990s | 38.8% | 50.7% | 11.9% | Portugal |
| 2000s | 40.6% | 57.7% | 17.2% | Portugal |
| 2010s | 51.1% | 61.1% | 10.0% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 59.3% | 61.2% | 2.0% | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Mauritania or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 61.5% against 61.5% in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Mauritania and Portugal?
- 0.0%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Portugal?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Portugal rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Mauritania ranks 139th and Portugal ranks 138th 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.