Bahrain vs Sint Maarten (Dutch part): Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Bahrain
100.0%
in 2025
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
100.0%
in 2025
Bahrain rank
1st
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) rank
1st

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

  • Bahrain
  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
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How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 100.0% against 100.0% in Sint Maarten (Dutch part), a difference of 0.0%.

Across all 76 years both countries report, Sint Maarten (Dutch part) has been ahead every year.

Bahrain ranks 1st and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranks 1st of 238 countries.

Sint Maarten (Dutch part) has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahrain Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Difference Ahead
1950s 75.4% 100.0% 24.6% Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
1960s 81.6% 100.0% 18.4% Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
1970s 78.8% 100.0% 21.2% Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
1980s 83.7% 100.0% 16.3% Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
1990s 88.2% 100.0% 11.8% Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
2000s 91.6% 100.0% 8.4% Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
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 Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
Bahrain, at 100.0% against 100.0% in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bahrain and Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
0.0%, with Bahrain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
How do Bahrain and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Bahrain ranks 1st and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 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

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 modelled historical data.