Greece vs Greenland: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Greece
0.3%
in 2025
Greenland
0.3%
in 2025
Greece rank
116th
Greenland rank
118th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Greece
- Greenland
How they compare
Greece currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Greenland, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 116th and Greenland ranks 118th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 2 and Greenland in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Greenland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.7% | 1.7% | 1.0% | Greenland |
| 1960s | 1.4% | 2.4% | 1.0% | Greenland |
| 1970s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Greece |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Greenland |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Greenland |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Greece |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Greenland |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Greenland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Greece or Greenland?
- Greece, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Greenland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Greece and Greenland?
- 0.0%, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Greenland?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Greenland rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Greece ranks 116th and Greenland ranks 118th 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.