Antigua and Barbuda vs Vanuatu: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Antigua and Barbuda
24.3%
in 2025
Vanuatu
22.3%
in 2025
Antigua and Barbuda rank
224th
Vanuatu rank
227th

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

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Vanuatu
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How they compare

Antigua and Barbuda currently reports 24.3% against 22.3% in Vanuatu, a difference of 2.0%.

That makes Antigua and Barbuda's figure about 1.1 times Vanuatu's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Antigua and Barbuda ranks 224th and Vanuatu ranks 227th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Antigua and Barbuda averaged higher in 17 and Vanuatu in 23.

Head to head by decade

Decade Antigua and Barbuda Vanuatu Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Vanuatu
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Vanuatu
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Vanuatu
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Vanuatu
1400s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Vanuatu
1500s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Vanuatu
1600s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Vanuatu
1700s 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% Vanuatu
1710s 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% Vanuatu
1720s 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% Vanuatu
1730s 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% Vanuatu
1740s 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% Vanuatu
1750s 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% Vanuatu
1760s 0.1% 0.5% 0.3% Vanuatu
1770s 0.2% 0.5% 0.4% Vanuatu
1780s 0.2% 0.6% 0.4% Vanuatu
1790s 0.3% 0.7% 0.4% Vanuatu
1800s 0.4% 0.9% 0.5% Vanuatu
1810s 0.5% 1.0% 0.5% Vanuatu
1820s 0.7% 1.2% 0.5% Vanuatu
1830s 1.0% 1.4% 0.4% Vanuatu
1840s 1.3% 1.6% 0.3% Vanuatu
1850s 1.7% 1.9% 0.2% Vanuatu
1860s 2.3% 2.2% 0.1% Antigua and Barbuda
1870s 3.0% 2.5% 0.5% Antigua and Barbuda
1880s 4.0% 3.0% 1.0% Antigua and Barbuda
1890s 5.4% 3.5% 1.9% Antigua and Barbuda
1900s 7.1% 4.0% 3.1% Antigua and Barbuda
1910s 9.5% 4.7% 4.8% Antigua and Barbuda
1920s 12.7% 5.5% 7.2% Antigua and Barbuda
1930s 16.9% 6.4% 10.5% Antigua and Barbuda
1940s 22.5% 7.5% 15.0% Antigua and Barbuda
1950s 37.1% 6.6% 30.5% Antigua and Barbuda
1960s 36.8% 9.3% 27.5% Antigua and Barbuda
1970s 34.0% 12.7% 21.3% Antigua and Barbuda
1980s 35.1% 16.7% 18.4% Antigua and Barbuda
1990s 34.5% 20.1% 14.4% Antigua and Barbuda
2000s 29.5% 22.9% 6.6% Antigua and Barbuda
2010s 25.2% 24.6% 0.5% Antigua and Barbuda
2020s 24.5% 22.3% 2.2% Antigua and Barbuda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Antigua and Barbuda or Vanuatu?
Antigua and Barbuda, at 24.3% against 22.3% in Vanuatu as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Antigua and Barbuda and Vanuatu?
2.0%, with Antigua and Barbuda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Antigua and Barbuda and Vanuatu?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Antigua and Barbuda and Vanuatu rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Antigua and Barbuda ranks 224th and Vanuatu ranks 227th 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

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
Last refreshed

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