Bangladesh vs Kenya: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Bangladesh
33.2%
in 2025
Kenya
32.2%
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
205th
Kenya rank
208th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Bangladesh
- Kenya
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 33.2% against 32.2% in Kenya, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kenya ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 205th and Kenya ranks 208th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 3 and Kenya in 37.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1600s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1700s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1710s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1720s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1730s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1740s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1750s | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1760s | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1770s | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1780s | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1790s | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.2% | Kenya |
| 1800s | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.2% | Kenya |
| 1810s | 1.4% | 1.6% | 0.2% | Kenya |
| 1820s | 1.5% | 1.7% | 0.2% | Kenya |
| 1830s | 1.7% | 1.9% | 0.2% | Kenya |
| 1840s | 1.8% | 2.1% | 0.2% | Kenya |
| 1850s | 2.0% | 2.3% | 0.3% | Kenya |
| 1860s | 2.2% | 2.5% | 0.3% | Kenya |
| 1870s | 2.4% | 2.7% | 0.3% | Kenya |
| 1880s | 2.6% | 3.0% | 0.4% | Kenya |
| 1890s | 2.9% | 3.2% | 0.4% | Kenya |
| 1900s | 3.1% | 3.5% | 0.4% | Kenya |
| 1910s | 3.4% | 3.9% | 0.5% | Kenya |
| 1920s | 3.7% | 4.3% | 0.5% | Kenya |
| 1930s | 4.1% | 4.7% | 0.6% | Kenya |
| 1940s | 4.5% | 5.1% | 0.6% | Kenya |
| 1950s | 4.6% | 7.0% | 2.4% | Kenya |
| 1960s | 6.0% | 9.0% | 3.0% | Kenya |
| 1970s | 9.9% | 12.8% | 2.9% | Kenya |
| 1980s | 17.3% | 17.1% | 0.2% | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 21.5% | 18.6% | 2.9% | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 25.3% | 26.1% | 0.8% | Kenya |
| 2010s | 29.3% | 31.7% | 2.3% | Kenya |
| 2020s | 32.0% | 31.6% | 0.4% | Bangladesh |
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 Kenya?
- Bangladesh, at 33.2% against 32.2% in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bangladesh and Kenya?
- 1.0%, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Kenya?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Bangladesh and Kenya rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Bangladesh ranks 205th and Kenya ranks 208th 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.