Australia vs Denmark: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Australia
0.1%
in 2025
Denmark
0.2%
in 2025
Australia rank
147th
Denmark rank
144th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Australia
- Denmark
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 0.2% against 0.1% in Australia, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Denmark's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 147th and Denmark ranks 144th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Denmark in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Denmark | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.0% | Australia |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.3% | Denmark |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Denmark |
| 1980s | -0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Denmark |
| 1990s | -0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Denmark |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Denmark |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Denmark |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Australia or Denmark?
- Denmark, at 0.2% against 0.1% in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Australia and Denmark?
- 0.1%, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Denmark?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Denmark rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Australia ranks 147th and Denmark ranks 144th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.