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 currently reports 81.3% against 81.2% in South Korea, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Bahamas ranks 64th and South Korea ranks 65th of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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