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Portugal vs Slovakia: Urban and rural population projected to 2050

Portugal
2.23 million people
in 2050
Slovakia
2.26 million people
in 2050
Portugal rank
95th
Slovakia rank
94th

Urban and rural population projected to 2050 over time

  • Portugal
  • Slovakia
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How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 2.26 million people against 2.23 million people in Portugal, a difference of 28,630 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 133 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 95th and Slovakia ranks 94th of 238 countries.

Across the 43 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 40 and Slovakia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Slovakia Difference Ahead
1000s 476,239 people 349,775 people 126,464 people Portugal
1100s 575,341 people 419,191 people 156,150 people Portugal
1200s 716,837 people 556,764 people 160,073 people Portugal
1300s 731,794 people 825,440 people 93,646 people Slovakia
1400s 633,426 people 663,600 people 30,174 people Slovakia
1500s 988,724 people 799,680 people 189,044 people Portugal
1600s 1.60 million people 1.20 million people 404,800 people Portugal
1700s 1.62 million people 1.09 million people 537,420 people Portugal
1710s 2.15 million people 1.13 million people 1.02 million people Portugal
1720s 2.22 million people 1.16 million people 1.05 million people Portugal
1730s 2.26 million people 1.21 million people 1.06 million people Portugal
1740s 2.31 million people 1.25 million people 1.06 million people Portugal
1750s 2.36 million people 1.29 million people 1.06 million people Portugal
1760s 2.40 million people 1.34 million people 1.06 million people Portugal
1770s 2.45 million people 1.40 million people 1.06 million people Portugal
1780s 2.50 million people 1.45 million people 1.05 million people Portugal
1790s 2.55 million people 1.51 million people 1.05 million people Portugal
1800s 2.61 million people 1.57 million people 1.04 million people Portugal
1810s 2.66 million people 1.63 million people 1.03 million people Portugal
1820s 2.71 million people 1.73 million people 985,470 people Portugal
1830s 2.87 million people 1.83 million people 1.04 million people Portugal
1840s 3.04 million people 1.94 million people 1.09 million people Portugal
1850s 3.12 million people 2.06 million people 1.06 million people Portugal
1860s 3.27 million people 2.18 million people 1.09 million people Portugal
1870s 3.56 million people 2.26 million people 1.29 million people Portugal
1880s 3.88 million people 2.35 million people 1.52 million people Portugal
1890s 4.27 million people 2.44 million people 1.83 million people Portugal
1900s 4.49 million people 2.54 million people 1.95 million people Portugal
1910s 4.74 million people 2.60 million people 2.14 million people Portugal
1920s 4.63 million people 2.61 million people 2.02 million people Portugal
1930s 4.82 million people 2.83 million people 1.99 million people Portugal
1940s 5.22 million people 2.71 million people 2.51 million people Portugal
1950s 6.11 million people 2.59 million people 3.52 million people Portugal
1960s 5.97 million people 2.75 million people 3.22 million people Portugal
1970s 5.67 million people 2.55 million people 3.12 million people Portugal
1980s 5.54 million people 2.33 million people 3.21 million people Portugal
1990s 4.95 million people 2.32 million people 2.64 million people Portugal
2000s 4.42 million people 2.40 million people 2.03 million people Portugal
2010s 4.05 million people 2.50 million people 1.56 million people Portugal
2020s 3.99 million people 2.56 million people 1.44 million people Portugal
2030s 3.55 million people 2.48 million people 1.07 million people Portugal
2040s 2.76 million people 2.35 million people 413,347 people Portugal
2050s 2.23 million people 2.26 million people 28,630 people Slovakia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban and rural population projected to 2050, Portugal or Slovakia?
Slovakia, at 2.26 million people against 2.23 million people in Portugal as of 2050.
What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Portugal and Slovakia?
28,630 people, with Slovakia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Slovakia?
133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.
How do Portugal and Slovakia rank globally for urban and rural population projected to 2050?
Portugal ranks 95th and Slovakia ranks 94th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Urban and rural population projected to 2050
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 30,401 data points, 1000–2050
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Number of people living in rural areas, combining UN estimates and projections with modeled historical data.