Brazil vs Nicaragua: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Brazil
0.3%
in 2025
Nicaragua
0.3%
in 2025
Brazil rank
105th
Nicaragua rank
106th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Brazil
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 105th and Nicaragua ranks 106th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Nicaragua in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.0% | 1.1% | 0.9% | Brazil |
| 1960s | 1.7% | 1.9% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 2.4% | 0.8% | 1.6% | Brazil |
| 1980s | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% | Brazil |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | Brazil |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Brazil |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
| 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 Nicaragua?
- Brazil, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Nicaragua as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Brazil and Nicaragua?
- 0.0%, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Nicaragua?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Nicaragua rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Brazil ranks 105th and Nicaragua ranks 106th 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.