Bangladesh vs Comoros: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Bangladesh
33.2%
in 2025
Comoros
33.9%
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
205th
Comoros rank
204th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Bangladesh
- Comoros
How they compare
Comoros currently reports 33.9% against 33.2% in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.7%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Comoros has been ahead every year.
Bangladesh ranks 205th and Comoros ranks 204th of 238 countries.
Comoros has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Comoros | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Comoros |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Comoros |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Comoros |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Comoros |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Comoros |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Comoros |
| 1600s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Comoros |
| 1700s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Comoros |
| 1710s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Comoros |
| 1720s | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | Comoros |
| 1730s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Comoros |
| 1740s | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Comoros |
| 1750s | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Comoros |
| 1760s | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.3% | Comoros |
| 1770s | 1.0% | 1.3% | 0.3% | Comoros |
| 1780s | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.3% | Comoros |
| 1790s | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.4% | Comoros |
| 1800s | 1.3% | 1.7% | 0.4% | Comoros |
| 1810s | 1.4% | 1.8% | 0.4% | Comoros |
| 1820s | 1.5% | 2.0% | 0.5% | Comoros |
| 1830s | 1.7% | 2.2% | 0.5% | Comoros |
| 1840s | 1.8% | 2.4% | 0.6% | Comoros |
| 1850s | 2.0% | 2.6% | 0.6% | Comoros |
| 1860s | 2.2% | 2.9% | 0.7% | Comoros |
| 1870s | 2.4% | 3.1% | 0.7% | Comoros |
| 1880s | 2.6% | 3.4% | 0.8% | Comoros |
| 1890s | 2.9% | 3.7% | 0.9% | Comoros |
| 1900s | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1.0% | Comoros |
| 1910s | 3.4% | 4.5% | 1.1% | Comoros |
| 1920s | 3.7% | 4.9% | 1.2% | Comoros |
| 1930s | 4.1% | 5.4% | 1.3% | Comoros |
| 1940s | 4.5% | 5.9% | 1.4% | Comoros |
| 1950s | 4.6% | 9.4% | 4.8% | Comoros |
| 1960s | 6.0% | 16.7% | 10.7% | Comoros |
| 1970s | 9.9% | 21.3% | 11.4% | Comoros |
| 1980s | 17.3% | 25.7% | 8.4% | Comoros |
| 1990s | 21.5% | 28.3% | 6.9% | Comoros |
| 2000s | 25.3% | 28.1% | 2.9% | Comoros |
| 2010s | 29.3% | 30.2% | 0.9% | Comoros |
| 2020s | 32.0% | 33.0% | 0.9% | Comoros |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Bangladesh or Comoros?
- Comoros, at 33.9% against 33.2% in Bangladesh as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bangladesh and Comoros?
- 0.7%, with Comoros ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Comoros?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Bangladesh and Comoros rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Bangladesh ranks 205th and Comoros ranks 204th 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.