Portugal vs Switzerland: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Portugal
0.3%
in 2025
Switzerland
0.3%
in 2025
Portugal rank
107th
Switzerland rank
110th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Portugal
- Switzerland
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Switzerland ahead.
Portugal ranks 107th and Switzerland ranks 110th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 5 and Switzerland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.7% | 1.4% | 0.7% | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.1% | Portugal |
| 1970s | 1.6% | 0.7% | 0.9% | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.3% | Portugal |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.6% | Portugal |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 0.0% | 1.2% | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.7% | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Portugal or Switzerland?
- Portugal, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Portugal and Switzerland?
- 0.0%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Switzerland?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Portugal and Switzerland rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Portugal ranks 107th and Switzerland ranks 110th 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.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.