Uruguay vs United States Virgin Islands: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Uruguay

95.7%

in 2025

United States Virgin Islands

95.4%

in 2025

Uruguay rank

23rd

United States Virgin Islands rank

24th

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

Uruguay currently reports 95.7% against 95.4% in United States Virgin Islands, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Uruguay ahead.

Uruguay ranks 23rd and United States Virgin Islands ranks 24th 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.