Guinea vs Maldives: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Guinea
1.2%
in 2025
Maldives
1.2%
in 2025
Guinea rank
33rd
Maldives rank
31st
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Guinea
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 1.2% against 1.2% in Guinea, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 33rd and Maldives ranks 31st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Maldives in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.7% | 0.6% | 1.1% | Guinea |
| 1960s | 5.6% | 0.3% | 5.3% | Guinea |
| 1970s | 3.9% | 6.5% | 2.6% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.0% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 2.9% | 2.0% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.1% | Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Guinea or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 1.2% against 1.2% in Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Guinea and Maldives?
- 0.0%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Maldives?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Guinea and Maldives rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Guinea ranks 33rd and Maldives ranks 31st 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.