Chile vs Denmark: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050

Chile

89.2%

in 2025

Denmark

88.8%

in 2025

Chile rank

42nd

Denmark rank

45th

Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time

Chile currently reports 89.2% against 88.8% in Denmark, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Denmark ahead.

Chile ranks 42nd and Denmark ranks 45th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Unit: %
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, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.