Estonia vs Mongolia: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Estonia
70.7%
in 2025
Mongolia
71.1%
in 2025
Estonia rank
102nd
Mongolia rank
101st
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Estonia
- Mongolia
How they compare
Mongolia currently reports 71.1% against 70.7% in Estonia, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Estonia ahead.
Estonia ranks 102nd and Mongolia ranks 101st of 238 countries.
Estonia has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Mongolia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Estonia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Estonia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Estonia |
| 1300s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Estonia |
| 1400s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Estonia |
| 1500s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Estonia |
| 1600s | 1.7% | 0.1% | 1.6% | Estonia |
| 1700s | 5.0% | 0.3% | 4.7% | Estonia |
| 1710s | 5.6% | 0.2% | 5.4% | Estonia |
| 1720s | 6.1% | 0.3% | 5.8% | Estonia |
| 1730s | 6.7% | 0.4% | 6.4% | Estonia |
| 1740s | 7.4% | 0.4% | 6.9% | Estonia |
| 1750s | 8.1% | 0.5% | 7.5% | Estonia |
| 1760s | 8.8% | 0.6% | 8.2% | Estonia |
| 1770s | 9.7% | 0.7% | 8.9% | Estonia |
| 1780s | 10.6% | 0.9% | 9.7% | Estonia |
| 1790s | 11.6% | 1.1% | 10.5% | Estonia |
| 1800s | 12.7% | 1.3% | 11.4% | Estonia |
| 1810s | 13.9% | 1.5% | 12.4% | Estonia |
| 1820s | 15.2% | 1.8% | 13.4% | Estonia |
| 1830s | 16.7% | 2.2% | 14.5% | Estonia |
| 1840s | 18.3% | 2.6% | 15.6% | Estonia |
| 1850s | 20.0% | 3.2% | 16.8% | Estonia |
| 1860s | 21.9% | 3.8% | 18.1% | Estonia |
| 1870s | 24.0% | 4.5% | 19.5% | Estonia |
| 1880s | 26.3% | 5.4% | 20.8% | Estonia |
| 1890s | 28.8% | 6.5% | 22.2% | Estonia |
| 1900s | 31.5% | 7.8% | 23.7% | Estonia |
| 1910s | 34.5% | 9.4% | 25.1% | Estonia |
| 1920s | 37.8% | 11.3% | 26.5% | Estonia |
| 1930s | 41.4% | 13.6% | 27.9% | Estonia |
| 1940s | 45.4% | 16.3% | 29.1% | Estonia |
| 1950s | 52.6% | 26.4% | 26.2% | Estonia |
| 1960s | 61.7% | 41.5% | 20.2% | Estonia |
| 1970s | 67.4% | 48.3% | 19.1% | Estonia |
| 1980s | 70.9% | 55.2% | 15.7% | Estonia |
| 1990s | 69.3% | 56.8% | 12.5% | Estonia |
| 2000s | 67.5% | 61.7% | 5.8% | Estonia |
| 2010s | 68.5% | 67.9% | 0.6% | Estonia |
| 2020s | 70.4% | 69.9% | 0.5% | Estonia |
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, Estonia or Mongolia?
- Mongolia, at 71.1% against 70.7% in Estonia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Estonia and Mongolia?
- 0.4%, with Mongolia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Mongolia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Estonia and Mongolia rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Estonia ranks 102nd and Mongolia ranks 101st 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 modeled historical data.