Australia vs Palestine: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Australia
87.7%
in 2025
Palestine
87.4%
in 2025
Australia rank
49th
Palestine rank
51st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Australia
- Palestine
How they compare
Australia currently reports 87.7% against 87.4% in Palestine, a difference of 0.3%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 49th and Palestine ranks 51st of 238 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Palestine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 78.8% | 40.2% | 38.6% | Australia |
| 1960s | 83.0% | 48.7% | 34.2% | Australia |
| 1970s | 85.8% | 58.9% | 26.9% | Australia |
| 1980s | 85.5% | 63.6% | 21.9% | Australia |
| 1990s | 85.3% | 67.5% | 17.8% | Australia |
| 2000s | 85.6% | 78.9% | 6.7% | Australia |
| 2010s | 86.8% | 85.0% | 1.8% | Australia |
| 2020s | 87.4% | 86.7% | 0.7% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Australia or Palestine?
- Australia, at 87.7% against 87.4% in Palestine as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Australia and Palestine?
- 0.3%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Palestine?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Palestine rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Australia ranks 49th and Palestine ranks 51st of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.