Angola vs Bolivia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Angola
71.5%
in 2025
Bolivia
71.6%
in 2025
Angola rank
100th
Bolivia rank
99th

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

  • Angola
  • Bolivia
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How they compare

Bolivia currently reports 71.6% against 71.5% in Angola, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Angola ranks 100th and Bolivia ranks 99th of 238 countries.

Bolivia has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Bolivia Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Bolivia
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Bolivia
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Bolivia
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Bolivia
1400s 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% Bolivia
1500s 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% Bolivia
1600s 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% Bolivia
1700s 0.7% 1.5% 0.8% Bolivia
1710s 0.8% 1.8% 1.0% Bolivia
1720s 0.9% 2.0% 1.1% Bolivia
1730s 0.9% 2.2% 1.3% Bolivia
1740s 1.0% 2.5% 1.5% Bolivia
1750s 1.1% 2.8% 1.7% Bolivia
1760s 1.2% 3.2% 1.9% Bolivia
1770s 1.3% 3.6% 2.2% Bolivia
1780s 1.5% 4.0% 2.5% Bolivia
1790s 1.6% 4.5% 2.9% Bolivia
1800s 1.8% 5.1% 3.3% Bolivia
1810s 1.9% 5.7% 3.8% Bolivia
1820s 2.1% 6.4% 4.3% Bolivia
1830s 2.3% 7.2% 4.9% Bolivia
1840s 2.5% 8.1% 5.6% Bolivia
1850s 2.8% 9.2% 6.4% Bolivia
1860s 3.0% 10.3% 7.3% Bolivia
1870s 3.3% 11.6% 8.2% Bolivia
1880s 3.7% 13.0% 9.4% Bolivia
1890s 4.0% 14.7% 10.7% Bolivia
1900s 4.4% 16.5% 12.1% Bolivia
1910s 4.8% 18.6% 13.8% Bolivia
1920s 5.3% 20.9% 15.6% Bolivia
1930s 5.8% 23.5% 17.7% Bolivia
1940s 6.3% 26.4% 20.1% Bolivia
1950s 8.0% 35.9% 27.9% Bolivia
1960s 12.1% 37.8% 25.7% Bolivia
1970s 18.2% 40.8% 22.6% Bolivia
1980s 30.3% 49.5% 19.2% Bolivia
1990s 43.6% 58.9% 15.3% Bolivia
2000s 55.3% 64.0% 8.7% Bolivia
2010s 63.3% 68.2% 4.9% Bolivia
2020s 69.5% 70.8% 1.3% Bolivia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Angola or Bolivia?
Bolivia, at 71.6% against 71.5% in Angola as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Angola and Bolivia?
0.1%, with Bolivia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Bolivia?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Angola and Bolivia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Angola ranks 100th and Bolivia ranks 99th 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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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 modeled historical data.