Austria vs Paraguay: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Austria
69.7%
in 2025
Paraguay
70.4%
in 2025
Austria rank
107th
Paraguay rank
105th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Austria
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 70.4% against 69.7% in Austria, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Paraguay ahead.
Austria ranks 107th and Paraguay ranks 105th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 38 and Paraguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Paraguay |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Paraguay |
| 1200s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Austria |
| 1300s | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | Austria |
| 1400s | 1.3% | 0.1% | 1.2% | Austria |
| 1500s | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | Austria |
| 1600s | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1.8% | Austria |
| 1700s | 4.8% | 3.5% | 1.3% | Austria |
| 1710s | 5.3% | 3.9% | 1.4% | Austria |
| 1720s | 5.8% | 4.3% | 1.5% | Austria |
| 1730s | 6.3% | 4.7% | 1.6% | Austria |
| 1740s | 6.8% | 5.1% | 1.7% | Austria |
| 1750s | 7.3% | 5.6% | 1.7% | Austria |
| 1760s | 7.5% | 6.1% | 1.4% | Austria |
| 1770s | 7.7% | 6.7% | 1.0% | Austria |
| 1780s | 8.0% | 7.4% | 0.6% | Austria |
| 1790s | 9.0% | 8.1% | 0.9% | Austria |
| 1800s | 10.0% | 8.8% | 1.2% | Austria |
| 1810s | 11.0% | 9.7% | 1.3% | Austria |
| 1820s | 12.0% | 10.6% | 1.4% | Austria |
| 1830s | 13.0% | 11.6% | 1.4% | Austria |
| 1840s | 15.0% | 12.7% | 2.3% | Austria |
| 1850s | 18.0% | 13.9% | 4.1% | Austria |
| 1860s | 23.0% | 15.2% | 7.8% | Austria |
| 1870s | 26.0% | 16.7% | 9.3% | Austria |
| 1880s | 29.0% | 18.3% | 10.7% | Austria |
| 1890s | 33.0% | 20.0% | 13.0% | Austria |
| 1900s | 36.0% | 21.9% | 14.1% | Austria |
| 1910s | 40.0% | 24.0% | 16.0% | Austria |
| 1920s | 52.9% | 26.3% | 26.6% | Austria |
| 1930s | 56.4% | 28.8% | 27.6% | Austria |
| 1940s | 60.0% | 31.6% | 28.5% | Austria |
| 1950s | 49.4% | 35.0% | 14.4% | Austria |
| 1960s | 50.6% | 36.1% | 14.4% | Austria |
| 1970s | 52.8% | 38.5% | 14.3% | Austria |
| 1980s | 58.6% | 45.0% | 13.6% | Austria |
| 1990s | 65.6% | 53.7% | 11.9% | Austria |
| 2000s | 66.9% | 58.7% | 8.3% | Austria |
| 2010s | 67.6% | 61.5% | 6.0% | Austria |
| 2020s | 69.1% | 68.6% | 0.5% | Austria |
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, Austria or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 70.4% against 69.7% in Austria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Austria and Paraguay?
- 0.7%, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Paraguay?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Paraguay rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Austria ranks 107th and Paraguay ranks 105th 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.