Bahamas vs South Korea: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Bahamas
81.3%
in 2025
South Korea
81.2%
in 2025
Bahamas rank
64th
South Korea rank
65th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Bahamas
- South Korea
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 81.3% against 81.2% in South Korea, a difference of 0.1%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Bahamas has been ahead every year.
Bahamas ranks 64th and South Korea ranks 65th of 238 countries.
Bahamas has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bahamas |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bahamas |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bahamas |
| 1300s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bahamas |
| 1400s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Bahamas |
| 1500s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Bahamas |
| 1600s | 1.7% | 0.7% | 1.0% | Bahamas |
| 1700s | 5.2% | 2.1% | 3.1% | Bahamas |
| 1710s | 5.9% | 2.4% | 3.5% | Bahamas |
| 1720s | 6.4% | 2.6% | 3.8% | Bahamas |
| 1730s | 7.0% | 2.9% | 4.2% | Bahamas |
| 1740s | 7.7% | 3.2% | 4.5% | Bahamas |
| 1750s | 8.4% | 3.5% | 5.0% | Bahamas |
| 1760s | 9.2% | 3.8% | 5.5% | Bahamas |
| 1770s | 10.1% | 4.2% | 6.0% | Bahamas |
| 1780s | 11.1% | 4.5% | 6.5% | Bahamas |
| 1790s | 12.1% | 5.0% | 7.2% | Bahamas |
| 1800s | 13.3% | 5.5% | 7.8% | Bahamas |
| 1810s | 14.6% | 6.0% | 8.6% | Bahamas |
| 1820s | 16.0% | 6.5% | 9.4% | Bahamas |
| 1830s | 17.5% | 7.2% | 10.3% | Bahamas |
| 1840s | 19.1% | 7.9% | 11.3% | Bahamas |
| 1850s | 21.0% | 8.6% | 12.4% | Bahamas |
| 1860s | 23.0% | 9.4% | 13.5% | Bahamas |
| 1870s | 25.1% | 10.3% | 14.8% | Bahamas |
| 1880s | 27.5% | 11.3% | 16.2% | Bahamas |
| 1890s | 30.2% | 12.4% | 17.8% | Bahamas |
| 1900s | 33.0% | 13.5% | 19.5% | Bahamas |
| 1910s | 36.2% | 14.8% | 21.3% | Bahamas |
| 1920s | 39.6% | 16.3% | 23.4% | Bahamas |
| 1930s | 43.4% | 17.8% | 25.6% | Bahamas |
| 1940s | 47.5% | 19.5% | 28.0% | Bahamas |
| 1950s | 54.7% | 23.9% | 30.8% | Bahamas |
| 1960s | 60.2% | 32.1% | 28.1% | Bahamas |
| 1970s | 68.4% | 47.5% | 20.8% | Bahamas |
| 1980s | 77.0% | 64.3% | 12.7% | Bahamas |
| 1990s | 80.7% | 77.5% | 3.2% | Bahamas |
| 2000s | 81.7% | 81.0% | 0.7% | Bahamas |
| 2010s | 82.2% | 81.7% | 0.5% | Bahamas |
| 2020s | 81.4% | 81.2% | 0.2% | 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 South Korea?
- Bahamas, at 81.3% against 81.2% in South Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bahamas and South Korea?
- 0.1%, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and South Korea?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Bahamas and South Korea rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Bahamas ranks 64th and South Korea ranks 65th 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.