Afghanistan vs Antigua and Barbuda: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Afghanistan
25.9%
in 2025
Antigua and Barbuda
24.3%
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
222nd
Antigua and Barbuda rank
224th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Afghanistan
- Antigua and Barbuda
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 25.9% against 24.3% in Antigua and Barbuda, a difference of 1.6%.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Antigua and Barbuda's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 222nd and Antigua and Barbuda ranks 224th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 24 and Antigua and Barbuda in 16.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Antigua and Barbuda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Afghanistan |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Afghanistan |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Afghanistan |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Afghanistan |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Afghanistan |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Afghanistan |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Afghanistan |
| 1700s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Afghanistan |
| 1710s | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Afghanistan |
| 1720s | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% | Afghanistan |
| 1730s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | Afghanistan |
| 1740s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | Afghanistan |
| 1750s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Afghanistan |
| 1760s | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Afghanistan |
| 1770s | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.6% | Afghanistan |
| 1780s | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | Afghanistan |
| 1790s | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.6% | Afghanistan |
| 1800s | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% | Afghanistan |
| 1810s | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.6% | Afghanistan |
| 1820s | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.6% | Afghanistan |
| 1830s | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | Afghanistan |
| 1840s | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.4% | Afghanistan |
| 1850s | 1.9% | 1.7% | 0.2% | Afghanistan |
| 1860s | 2.1% | 2.3% | 0.1% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1870s | 2.4% | 3.0% | 0.6% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1880s | 2.7% | 4.0% | 1.3% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1890s | 3.0% | 5.4% | 2.3% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1900s | 3.4% | 7.1% | 3.8% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1910s | 3.8% | 9.5% | 5.7% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1920s | 4.3% | 12.7% | 8.4% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1930s | 4.8% | 16.9% | 12.1% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1940s | 5.4% | 22.5% | 17.1% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1950s | 6.7% | 37.1% | 30.3% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1960s | 9.4% | 36.8% | 27.4% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1970s | 13.4% | 34.0% | 20.5% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1980s | 16.5% | 35.1% | 18.6% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 1990s | 17.8% | 34.5% | 16.7% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 2000s | 19.8% | 29.5% | 9.7% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 2010s | 24.1% | 25.2% | 1.1% | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 2020s | 25.5% | 24.5% | 1.0% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Afghanistan or Antigua and Barbuda?
- Afghanistan, at 25.9% against 24.3% in Antigua and Barbuda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Afghanistan and Antigua and Barbuda?
- 1.6%, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Antigua and Barbuda?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Antigua and Barbuda rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Afghanistan ranks 222nd and Antigua and Barbuda ranks 224th 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 Do more people live in urban or rural areas?. 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.