Montenegro vs Panama: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Montenegro
65.6%
in 2025
Panama
66.2%
in 2025
Montenegro rank
121st
Panama rank
118th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Montenegro
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 66.2% against 65.6% in Montenegro, a difference of 0.6%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Panama has been ahead every year.
Montenegro ranks 121st and Panama ranks 118th of 238 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Montenegro | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 16.9% | 39.4% | 22.5% | Panama |
| 1960s | 28.8% | 44.2% | 15.4% | Panama |
| 1970s | 38.7% | 48.6% | 9.9% | Panama |
| 1980s | 46.7% | 51.4% | 4.7% | Panama |
| 1990s | 52.6% | 57.8% | 5.1% | Panama |
| 2000s | 62.1% | 63.8% | 1.6% | Panama |
| 2010s | 64.8% | 65.5% | 0.7% | Panama |
| 2020s | 65.4% | 65.9% | 0.5% | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Montenegro or Panama?
- Panama, at 66.2% against 65.6% in Montenegro as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Montenegro and Panama?
- 0.6%, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Montenegro and Panama?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Montenegro and Panama rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Montenegro ranks 121st and Panama ranks 118th 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.