Bangladesh vs Jersey: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Bangladesh

33.2%

in 2025

Jersey

34.5%

in 2025

Bangladesh rank

205th

Jersey rank

203rd

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

Jersey currently reports 34.5% against 33.2% in Bangladesh, a difference of 1.3%.

Across all 76 years both countries report, Jersey has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 205th and Jersey ranks 203rd 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.