Nicaragua vs Portugal: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Nicaragua
0.3%
in 2025
Portugal
0.3%
in 2025
Nicaragua rank
106th
Portugal rank
107th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Nicaragua
- Portugal
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Portugal, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 106th and Portugal ranks 107th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 4 and Portugal in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.4% | Nicaragua |
| 1960s | 1.9% | 1.3% | 0.6% | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 0.8% | 1.6% | 0.8% | Portugal |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 1.5% | 1.0% | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 1.3% | 1.0% | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.9% | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Nicaragua or Portugal?
- Nicaragua, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Nicaragua and Portugal?
- 0.0%, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Portugal?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Nicaragua and Portugal rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Nicaragua ranks 106th and Portugal ranks 107th 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.