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
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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.

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