Do more people live in urban or rural areas? in Guam
Guam: Do more people live in urban or rural areas? was 94.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? in Guam, 1950–2025
Source: HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, do more people live in urban or rural areas? in Guam stood at 94.2%. That is the highest value across all 76 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, do more people live in urban or rural areas? in Guam peaked at 94.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 24.2%, in 1950.
Guam ranks 29th of 238 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 76 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 36.5% | 24.2% | 60.9% | 10 |
| 1960s | 85.4% | 79.3% | 88.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 88.8% | 88.7% | 88.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 89.5% | 88.8% | 90.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 91.9% | 90.7% | 93.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 93.7% | 93.1% | 94.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.1% | 94.1% | 94.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.1% | 94.1% | 94.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guam
- 27 Turks and Caicos Islands 94.4% compare
- 28 Puerto Rico 94.3% compare
- 30 Iceland 94.2% compare
- 31 Jordan 93.2% compare
- 32 Argentina 92.4% compare
More reference data data for Guam
- Share of men and women expected to survive to the age of 65 84.7% (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture 64 metric tons (2024)
- Share of men expected to survive to the age of 65 73.0% (2024)
- Number of confirmed cases of tetanus 0 Cases (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.78 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.78 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.78 live births per woman (2023)
- Average age of mothers at childbirth 29.05 years (2023)
- Land area in hectares 54,000 hectares (2023)
- Area of permanent meadows and pastures 8,000 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is do more people live in urban or rural areas? in Guam?
- Do more people live in urban or rural areas? in Guam was 94.2% in 2025, according to HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest do more people live in urban or rural areas? recorded in Guam?
- The highest recorded value was 94.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest do more people live in urban or rural areas? recorded in Guam?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.2% in 1950.
- How does Guam rank for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Guam ranks 29th out of 238 countries with data for 2025.
- Is do more people live in urban or rural areas? rising or falling in Guam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guam data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Do more people live in urban or rural areas?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.