Cook Islands vs Mexico: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Cook Islands
0.3%
in 2025
Mexico
0.4%
in 2025
Cook Islands rank
99th
Mexico rank
97th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Cook Islands
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 0.4% against 0.3% in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 99th and Mexico ranks 97th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 4 and Mexico in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.3% | 1.8% | 0.6% | Cook Islands |
| 1960s | 1.3% | 1.5% | 0.2% | Mexico |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 1.2% | 1.1% | Mexico |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Mexico |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | Cook Islands |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.2% | 1.1% | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Cook Islands |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Cook Islands or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 0.4% against 0.3% in Cook Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Cook Islands and Mexico?
- 0.1%, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Mexico?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Cook Islands and Mexico rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Cook Islands ranks 99th and Mexico ranks 97th 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.