Afghanistan vs Guyana: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Afghanistan
25.9%
in 2025
Guyana
26.5%
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
222nd
Guyana rank
220th

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Guyana
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How they compare

Guyana currently reports 26.5% against 25.9% in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.6%.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Guyana has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 222nd and Guyana ranks 220th of 238 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
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
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Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.