Australia vs Brazil: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Australia
87.7%
in 2025
Brazil
88.2%
in 2025
Australia rank
49th
Brazil rank
47th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Australia
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 88.2% against 87.7% in Australia, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Brazil ahead.
Australia ranks 49th and Brazil ranks 47th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 19 and Brazil in 21.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Brazil |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Brazil |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Brazil |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Brazil |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Brazil |
| 1500s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Brazil |
| 1600s | 0.5% | 1.2% | 0.7% | Brazil |
| 1700s | 1.6% | 3.6% | 2.0% | Brazil |
| 1710s | 1.9% | 4.1% | 2.2% | Brazil |
| 1720s | 2.2% | 4.5% | 2.2% | Brazil |
| 1730s | 2.6% | 4.9% | 2.3% | Brazil |
| 1740s | 3.0% | 5.4% | 2.3% | Brazil |
| 1750s | 3.5% | 5.9% | 2.3% | Brazil |
| 1760s | 4.1% | 6.4% | 2.3% | Brazil |
| 1770s | 4.8% | 7.0% | 2.2% | Brazil |
| 1780s | 5.6% | 7.7% | 2.1% | Brazil |
| 1790s | 6.6% | 8.4% | 1.9% | Brazil |
| 1800s | 7.7% | 9.2% | 1.6% | Brazil |
| 1810s | 8.9% | 10.1% | 1.2% | Brazil |
| 1820s | 10.4% | 11.1% | 0.6% | Brazil |
| 1830s | 12.2% | 12.1% | 0.0% | Australia |
| 1840s | 14.2% | 13.3% | 0.9% | Australia |
| 1850s | 16.6% | 14.6% | 2.0% | Australia |
| 1860s | 19.3% | 15.9% | 3.4% | Australia |
| 1870s | 22.5% | 17.5% | 5.1% | Australia |
| 1880s | 26.3% | 19.1% | 7.2% | Australia |
| 1890s | 30.7% | 20.9% | 9.7% | Australia |
| 1900s | 35.8% | 22.9% | 12.9% | Australia |
| 1910s | 41.8% | 25.1% | 16.6% | Australia |
| 1920s | 48.7% | 27.5% | 21.2% | Australia |
| 1930s | 56.9% | 30.1% | 26.7% | Australia |
| 1940s | 66.3% | 33.0% | 33.3% | Australia |
| 1950s | 78.8% | 40.2% | 38.6% | Australia |
| 1960s | 83.0% | 48.3% | 34.6% | Australia |
| 1970s | 85.8% | 59.6% | 26.2% | Australia |
| 1980s | 85.5% | 71.1% | 14.4% | Australia |
| 1990s | 85.3% | 77.6% | 7.7% | Australia |
| 2000s | 85.6% | 82.7% | 2.8% | Australia |
| 2010s | 86.8% | 85.5% | 1.2% | Australia |
| 2020s | 87.4% | 87.5% | 0.1% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050, Australia or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 88.2% against 87.7% in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Australia and Brazil?
- 0.5%, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Brazil?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Brazil rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Australia ranks 49th and Brazil ranks 47th 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 Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.