Australia vs Italy: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Australia
0.1%
in 2025
Italy
0.1%
in 2025
Australia rank
147th
Italy rank
150th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Australia
- Italy
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Italy, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 147th and Italy ranks 150th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Italy in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.0% | Italy |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.4% | Italy |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Italy |
| 1980s | -0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | Italy |
| 1990s | -0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Italy |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Italy |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Australia or Italy?
- Australia, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Australia and Italy?
- 0.0%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Italy?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Italy rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Australia ranks 147th and Italy ranks 150th 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.