Poland vs Portugal: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Poland
60.1%
in 2025
Portugal
61.5%
in 2025
Poland rank
141st
Portugal rank
138th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Poland
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 61.5% against 60.1% in Poland, a difference of 1.4%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Portugal ahead.
Poland ranks 141st and Portugal ranks 138th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Poland averaged higher in 18 and Portugal in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Poland | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.1% | 13.5% | 13.4% | Portugal |
| 1100s | 0.2% | 16.4% | 16.2% | Portugal |
| 1200s | 0.5% | 13.2% | 12.7% | Portugal |
| 1300s | 1.5% | 36.2% | 34.7% | Portugal |
| 1400s | 4.4% | 23.3% | 18.9% | Portugal |
| 1500s | 6.0% | 13.8% | 7.8% | Portugal |
| 1600s | 7.6% | 12.7% | 5.1% | Portugal |
| 1700s | 4.3% | 11.5% | 7.2% | Portugal |
| 1710s | 4.3% | 11.5% | 7.2% | Portugal |
| 1720s | 4.3% | 11.5% | 7.2% | Portugal |
| 1730s | 4.4% | 11.5% | 7.1% | Portugal |
| 1740s | 4.4% | 11.5% | 7.1% | Portugal |
| 1750s | 4.4% | 11.5% | 7.1% | Portugal |
| 1760s | 4.5% | 11.5% | 7.0% | Portugal |
| 1770s | 4.6% | 11.5% | 6.9% | Portugal |
| 1780s | 4.6% | 11.5% | 6.9% | Portugal |
| 1790s | 4.7% | 11.5% | 6.8% | Portugal |
| 1800s | 4.8% | 11.5% | 6.7% | Portugal |
| 1810s | 7.0% | 11.5% | 4.5% | Portugal |
| 1820s | 9.3% | 11.5% | 2.2% | Portugal |
| 1830s | 11.5% | 11.5% | 0.0% | Poland |
| 1840s | 13.7% | 11.5% | 2.2% | Poland |
| 1850s | 16.0% | 11.5% | 4.5% | Poland |
| 1860s | 18.2% | 11.5% | 6.7% | Poland |
| 1870s | 20.5% | 11.5% | 9.0% | Poland |
| 1880s | 22.7% | 11.5% | 11.2% | Poland |
| 1890s | 24.9% | 12.0% | 12.9% | Poland |
| 1900s | 27.2% | 14.0% | 13.2% | Poland |
| 1910s | 29.4% | 17.0% | 12.4% | Poland |
| 1920s | 31.6% | 21.0% | 10.6% | Poland |
| 1930s | 33.9% | 24.0% | 9.9% | Poland |
| 1940s | 36.1% | 27.0% | 9.1% | Poland |
| 1950s | 43.3% | 29.3% | 14.0% | Poland |
| 1960s | 50.0% | 32.6% | 17.3% | Poland |
| 1970s | 54.9% | 37.8% | 17.1% | Poland |
| 1980s | 60.0% | 44.2% | 15.8% | Poland |
| 1990s | 61.5% | 50.7% | 10.9% | Poland |
| 2000s | 61.5% | 57.7% | 3.8% | Poland |
| 2010s | 60.4% | 61.1% | 0.7% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 59.9% | 61.2% | 1.3% | 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?, Poland or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 61.5% against 60.1% in Poland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Poland and Portugal?
- 1.4%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and Portugal?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Poland and Portugal rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Poland ranks 141st 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 modeled historical data.