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

Mexico

80.0%

in 2025

Spain

80.5%

in 2025

Mexico rank

70th

Spain rank

67th

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

Spain currently reports 80.5% against 80.0% in Mexico, a difference of 0.5%.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.

Mexico ranks 70th 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.