Papua New Guinea vs Rwanda: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Papua New Guinea
2.4%
in 2025
Rwanda
3.3%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
3rd
Rwanda rank
1st
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 3.3% against 2.4% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.9%.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.4 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Rwanda ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 3rd and Rwanda ranks 1st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Rwanda in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.0% | 3.9% | 3.1% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1960s | 10.8% | 2.2% | 8.6% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 3.0% | 4.1% | 1.1% | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 1.6% | 0.9% | 0.7% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | -1.5% | 10.7% | 12.2% | Rwanda |
| 2000s | -0.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 3.4% | 2.6% | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 4.7% | 2.5% | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Papua New Guinea or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 3.3% against 2.4% in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Papua New Guinea and Rwanda?
- 0.9%, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Rwanda?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Rwanda rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 3rd and Rwanda ranks 1st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – 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.
Individual pages
About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.