Azerbaijan vs Iraq: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Azerbaijan
0.1%
in 2025
Iraq
0.1%
in 2025
Azerbaijan rank
154th
Iraq rank
156th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Azerbaijan
- Iraq
How they compare
Azerbaijan currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Iraq, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Azerbaijan ahead.
Azerbaijan ranks 154th and Iraq ranks 156th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 3 and Iraq in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Azerbaijan | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.1% | 2.2% | 1.1% | Iraq |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 2.7% | 2.2% | Iraq |
| 1970s | 0.6% | 1.5% | 0.9% | Iraq |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.5% | Iraq |
| 1990s | -0.5% | -0.3% | 0.2% | Iraq |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Azerbaijan |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.8% | Azerbaijan |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Azerbaijan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Azerbaijan or Iraq?
- Azerbaijan, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Iraq as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Azerbaijan and Iraq?
- 0.0%, with Azerbaijan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Iraq?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Azerbaijan and Iraq rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Azerbaijan ranks 154th and Iraq ranks 156th 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.