Bahamas vs Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Bahamas
81.3%
in 2025
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
81.1%
in 2025
Bahamas rank
64th
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba rank
66th

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

  • Bahamas
  • Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
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How they compare

Bahamas currently reports 81.3% against 81.1% in Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba ahead.

Bahamas ranks 64th and Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba ranks 66th of 238 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 4 and Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahamas Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba Difference Ahead
1950s 54.7% 72.4% 17.8% Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
1960s 60.2% 76.0% 15.7% Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
1970s 68.4% 78.3% 9.9% Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
1980s 77.0% 78.7% 1.7% Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
1990s 80.7% 76.6% 4.1% Bahamas
2000s 81.7% 74.6% 7.2% Bahamas
2010s 82.2% 76.3% 5.9% Bahamas
2020s 81.4% 81.0% 0.4% Bahamas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Bahamas or Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba?
Bahamas, at 81.3% against 81.1% in Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bahamas and Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba?
0.2%, with Bahamas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba?
76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
How do Bahamas and Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Bahamas ranks 64th and Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba ranks 66th 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 modeled historical data.