Greenland vs Norway: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Greenland
0.3%
in 2025
Norway
0.3%
in 2025
Greenland rank
118th
Norway rank
115th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Greenland
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Greenland, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Greenland ahead.
Greenland ranks 118th and Norway ranks 115th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Greenland averaged higher in 3 and Norway in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greenland | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.7% | 0.2% | 1.5% | Greenland |
| 1960s | 2.4% | 2.9% | 0.6% | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.4% | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Greenland |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 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, Greenland or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Greenland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Greenland and Norway?
- 0.0%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Norway?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Greenland and Norway rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Greenland ranks 118th and Norway ranks 115th 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.