Guernsey vs Jersey: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Guernsey
-0.2%
in 2025
Jersey
-0.2%
in 2025
Guernsey rank
231st
Jersey rank
232nd
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Guernsey
- Jersey
How they compare
Guernsey currently reports -0.2% against -0.2% in Jersey, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Jersey ahead.
Guernsey ranks 231st and Jersey ranks 232nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Guernsey averaged higher in 4 and Jersey in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guernsey | Jersey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -1.0% | -0.4% | 0.6% | Jersey |
| 1960s | -0.6% | -1.1% | 0.5% | Guernsey |
| 1970s | -0.8% | -1.2% | 0.4% | Guernsey |
| 1980s | -0.3% | -0.1% | 0.2% | Jersey |
| 1990s | -0.3% | -0.3% | 0.0% | Guernsey |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Jersey |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Guernsey |
| 2020s | -0.1% | -0.1% | 0.0% | Jersey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Guernsey or Jersey?
- Guernsey, at -0.2% against -0.2% in Jersey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Guernsey and Jersey?
- 0.0%, with Guernsey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guernsey and Jersey?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Guernsey and Jersey rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Guernsey ranks 231st and Jersey ranks 232nd 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.