Hong Kong vs Italy: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate
Hong Kong
-0.2539 % change on previous year
in 2025
Italy
-0.2225 % change on previous year
in 2025
Hong Kong rank
201st
Italy rank
199th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate over time
- Hong Kong
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports -0.2225 % change on previous year against -0.2539 % change on previous year in Hong Kong, a difference of 0.0314 % change on previous year.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Hong Kong ahead.
Hong Kong ranks 201st and Italy ranks 199th of 234 countries.
Hong Kong has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hong Kong | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.64 % change on previous year | 1.48 % change on previous year | 3.16 % change on previous year | Hong Kong |
| 1960s | 2.24 % change on previous year | 1.63 % change on previous year | 0.6147 % change on previous year | Hong Kong |
| 1970s | 4.12 % change on previous year | 0.9808 % change on previous year | 3.14 % change on previous year | Hong Kong |
| 1980s | 2.07 % change on previous year | 0.147 % change on previous year | 1.92 % change on previous year | Hong Kong |
| 1990s | 2 % change on previous year | 0.1037 % change on previous year | 1.89 % change on previous year | Hong Kong |
| 2000s | 0.6577 % change on previous year | 0.5959 % change on previous year | 0.0618 % change on previous year | Hong Kong |
| 2010s | 0.5812 % change on previous year | 0.2508 % change on previous year | 0.3304 % change on previous year | Hong Kong |
| 2020s | -0.2007 % change on previous year | -0.2326 % change on previous year | 0.0319 % change on previous year | Hong Kong |
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, Hong Kong or Italy?
- Italy, at -0.2225 % change on previous year against -0.2539 % change on previous year in Hong Kong as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate between Hong Kong and Italy?
- 0.0314 % change on previous year, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Italy?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2025.
- How do Hong Kong and Italy rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate?
- Hong Kong ranks 201st and Italy ranks 199th 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.