Greenland vs Portugal: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate
Greenland
0.1176 % change on previous year
in 2025
Portugal
0.1431 % change on previous year
in 2025
Greenland rank
181st
Portugal rank
178th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate over time
- Greenland
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.1431 % change on previous year against 0.1176 % change on previous year in Greenland, a difference of 0.0255 % change on previous year.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Greenland's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Greenland ahead.
Greenland ranks 181st and Portugal ranks 178th of 234 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Greenland averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greenland | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.91 % change on previous year | 1.32 % change on previous year | 3.59 % change on previous year | Greenland |
| 1960s | 6.25 % change on previous year | 1.19 % change on previous year | 5.06 % change on previous year | Greenland |
| 1970s | 1.66 % change on previous year | 2.6 % change on previous year | 0.944 % change on previous year | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1.57 % change on previous year | 1.84 % change on previous year | 0.2759 % change on previous year | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.3239 % change on previous year | 1.54 % change on previous year | 1.22 % change on previous year | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.3968 % change on previous year | 1.6 % change on previous year | 1.2 % change on previous year | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.2936 % change on previous year | -0.1717 % change on previous year | 0.4652 % change on previous year | Greenland |
| 2020s | 0.1938 % change on previous year | 0.2139 % change on previous year | 0.02 % change on previous year | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate, Greenland or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.1431 % change on previous year against 0.1176 % change on previous year in Greenland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate between Greenland and Portugal?
- 0.0255 % change on previous year, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Portugal?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2025.
- How do Greenland and Portugal rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate?
- Greenland ranks 181st and Portugal ranks 178th of 234 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of people living in urban and rural areas. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.