Brazil vs New Caledonia: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Brazil
0.3%
in 2025
New Caledonia
0.3%
in 2025
Brazil rank
105th
New Caledonia rank
102nd
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Brazil
- New Caledonia
How they compare
New Caledonia currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Brazil, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes New Caledonia's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was New Caledonia ahead.
Brazil ranks 105th and New Caledonia ranks 102nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 5 and New Caledonia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | New Caledonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.0% | 3.4% | 1.4% | New Caledonia |
| 1960s | 1.7% | 3.5% | 1.8% | New Caledonia |
| 1970s | 2.4% | 1.2% | 1.2% | Brazil |
| 1980s | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.7% | Brazil |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | Brazil |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.4% | New Caledonia |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Brazil |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Brazil or New Caledonia?
- New Caledonia, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Brazil and New Caledonia?
- 0.0%, with New Caledonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and New Caledonia?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and New Caledonia rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Brazil ranks 105th and New Caledonia ranks 102nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – 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.