Belarus vs Mexico: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Belarus
79.5%
in 2025
Mexico
80.0%
in 2025
Belarus rank
72nd
Mexico rank
70th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Belarus
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 80.0% against 79.5% in Belarus, a difference of 0.5%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.
Belarus ranks 72nd and Mexico ranks 70th of 238 countries.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belarus | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mexico |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mexico |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mexico |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mexico |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Mexico |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Mexico |
| 1600s | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Mexico |
| 1700s | 0.5% | 1.6% | 1.1% | Mexico |
| 1710s | 0.5% | 1.7% | 1.2% | Mexico |
| 1720s | 0.5% | 2.0% | 1.5% | Mexico |
| 1730s | 0.5% | 2.2% | 1.8% | Mexico |
| 1740s | 0.5% | 2.6% | 2.1% | Mexico |
| 1750s | 0.5% | 2.9% | 2.5% | Mexico |
| 1760s | 0.5% | 3.3% | 2.9% | Mexico |
| 1770s | 0.5% | 3.8% | 3.4% | Mexico |
| 1780s | 0.5% | 4.4% | 3.9% | Mexico |
| 1790s | 0.5% | 5.0% | 4.5% | Mexico |
| 1800s | 0.5% | 5.7% | 5.2% | Mexico |
| 1810s | 0.5% | 6.5% | 6.0% | Mexico |
| 1820s | 0.6% | 7.4% | 6.8% | Mexico |
| 1830s | 0.8% | 8.5% | 7.7% | Mexico |
| 1840s | 1.1% | 9.7% | 8.6% | Mexico |
| 1850s | 1.5% | 11.1% | 9.6% | Mexico |
| 1860s | 2.0% | 12.7% | 10.7% | Mexico |
| 1870s | 2.6% | 14.5% | 11.9% | Mexico |
| 1880s | 3.5% | 16.6% | 13.1% | Mexico |
| 1890s | 4.7% | 19.0% | 14.3% | Mexico |
| 1900s | 6.2% | 21.7% | 15.4% | Mexico |
| 1910s | 8.3% | 24.8% | 16.5% | Mexico |
| 1920s | 11.1% | 28.3% | 17.2% | Mexico |
| 1930s | 14.8% | 32.3% | 17.6% | Mexico |
| 1940s | 19.7% | 37.0% | 17.3% | Mexico |
| 1950s | 26.4% | 46.3% | 19.9% | Mexico |
| 1960s | 37.6% | 54.5% | 16.9% | Mexico |
| 1970s | 49.9% | 62.5% | 12.6% | Mexico |
| 1980s | 61.3% | 68.8% | 7.5% | Mexico |
| 1990s | 67.9% | 73.1% | 5.1% | Mexico |
| 2000s | 72.0% | 76.1% | 4.1% | Mexico |
| 2010s | 76.3% | 77.2% | 1.0% | Mexico |
| 2020s | 78.6% | 79.3% | 0.7% | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Belarus or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 80.0% against 79.5% in Belarus as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Belarus and Mexico?
- 0.5%, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Mexico?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Belarus and Mexico rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Belarus ranks 72nd and Mexico ranks 70th 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.