Bahrain vs Hong Kong: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Bahrain
100.0%
in 2025
Hong Kong
100.0%
in 2025
Bahrain rank
1st
Hong Kong rank
1st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Bahrain
- Hong Kong
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 100.0% against 100.0% in Hong Kong, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 1st and Hong Kong ranks 1st of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 8 and Hong Kong in 30.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Hong Kong | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bahrain |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bahrain |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bahrain |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bahrain |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bahrain |
| 1500s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Bahrain |
| 1600s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Bahrain |
| 1700s | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | Bahrain |
| 1710s | 1.7% | 4.4% | 2.7% | Hong Kong |
| 1720s | 1.8% | 7.7% | 5.9% | Hong Kong |
| 1730s | 2.0% | 11.1% | 9.1% | Hong Kong |
| 1740s | 2.2% | 14.5% | 12.3% | Hong Kong |
| 1750s | 2.4% | 17.8% | 15.5% | Hong Kong |
| 1760s | 2.6% | 21.2% | 18.6% | Hong Kong |
| 1770s | 2.9% | 24.6% | 21.7% | Hong Kong |
| 1780s | 3.1% | 27.9% | 24.8% | Hong Kong |
| 1790s | 3.4% | 31.3% | 27.9% | Hong Kong |
| 1800s | 3.8% | 34.7% | 30.9% | Hong Kong |
| 1810s | 4.1% | 38.0% | 33.9% | Hong Kong |
| 1820s | 4.5% | 41.4% | 36.9% | Hong Kong |
| 1830s | 4.9% | 44.8% | 39.8% | Hong Kong |
| 1840s | 5.4% | 48.2% | 42.7% | Hong Kong |
| 1850s | 5.9% | 51.5% | 45.6% | Hong Kong |
| 1860s | 6.5% | 54.9% | 48.4% | Hong Kong |
| 1870s | 7.1% | 58.3% | 51.1% | Hong Kong |
| 1880s | 7.8% | 61.6% | 53.8% | Hong Kong |
| 1890s | 8.5% | 65.0% | 56.5% | Hong Kong |
| 1900s | 9.3% | 68.4% | 59.0% | Hong Kong |
| 1910s | 10.2% | 71.7% | 61.5% | Hong Kong |
| 1920s | 11.2% | 75.1% | 63.9% | Hong Kong |
| 1930s | 12.3% | 78.5% | 66.2% | Hong Kong |
| 1940s | 13.4% | 81.8% | 68.4% | Hong Kong |
| 1950s | 75.4% | 85.2% | 9.8% | Hong Kong |
| 1960s | 81.6% | 86.0% | 4.4% | Hong Kong |
| 1970s | 78.8% | 89.3% | 10.5% | Hong Kong |
| 1980s | 83.7% | 93.5% | 9.8% | Hong Kong |
| 1990s | 88.2% | 99.9% | 11.7% | Hong Kong |
| 2000s | 91.6% | 100.0% | 8.4% | Hong Kong |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Bahrain or Hong Kong?
- Bahrain, at 100.0% against 100.0% in Hong Kong as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bahrain and Hong Kong?
- 0.0%, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Hong Kong?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Bahrain and Hong Kong rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Bahrain ranks 1st and Hong Kong ranks 1st 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
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.