Belgium vs French Guiana: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Belgium
87.7%
in 2025
French Guiana
86.6%
in 2025
Belgium rank
50th
French Guiana rank
53rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Belgium
- French Guiana
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 87.7% against 86.6% in French Guiana, a difference of 1.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 50th and French Guiana ranks 53rd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 39 and French Guiana in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | French Guiana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 3.0% | 0.0% | 3.0% | Belgium |
| 1100s | 9.9% | 0.0% | 9.9% | Belgium |
| 1200s | 12.5% | 0.0% | 12.5% | Belgium |
| 1300s | 15.0% | 0.1% | 14.9% | Belgium |
| 1400s | 26.2% | 0.2% | 26.0% | Belgium |
| 1500s | 29.6% | 0.6% | 29.0% | Belgium |
| 1600s | 29.3% | 1.8% | 27.5% | Belgium |
| 1700s | 30.6% | 5.4% | 25.2% | Belgium |
| 1710s | 28.9% | 6.0% | 22.9% | Belgium |
| 1720s | 27.2% | 6.6% | 20.6% | Belgium |
| 1730s | 25.6% | 7.3% | 18.3% | Belgium |
| 1740s | 23.9% | 7.9% | 15.9% | Belgium |
| 1750s | 22.2% | 8.7% | 13.5% | Belgium |
| 1760s | 22.1% | 9.5% | 12.6% | Belgium |
| 1770s | 22.0% | 10.4% | 11.6% | Belgium |
| 1780s | 21.9% | 11.4% | 10.5% | Belgium |
| 1790s | 21.8% | 12.5% | 9.3% | Belgium |
| 1800s | 21.7% | 13.7% | 8.0% | Belgium |
| 1810s | 26.3% | 15.0% | 11.3% | Belgium |
| 1820s | 31.0% | 16.4% | 14.5% | Belgium |
| 1830s | 35.6% | 18.0% | 17.6% | Belgium |
| 1840s | 40.3% | 19.7% | 20.5% | Belgium |
| 1850s | 44.9% | 21.6% | 23.3% | Belgium |
| 1860s | 49.6% | 23.7% | 25.9% | Belgium |
| 1870s | 54.2% | 25.9% | 28.3% | Belgium |
| 1880s | 58.9% | 28.4% | 30.5% | Belgium |
| 1890s | 63.5% | 31.1% | 32.4% | Belgium |
| 1900s | 68.1% | 34.1% | 34.1% | Belgium |
| 1910s | 72.8% | 37.3% | 35.5% | Belgium |
| 1920s | 77.4% | 40.9% | 36.6% | Belgium |
| 1930s | 82.1% | 44.7% | 37.3% | Belgium |
| 1940s | 86.7% | 49.0% | 37.7% | Belgium |
| 1950s | 64.1% | 58.7% | 5.4% | Belgium |
| 1960s | 67.9% | 65.5% | 2.3% | Belgium |
| 1970s | 72.5% | 68.8% | 3.7% | Belgium |
| 1980s | 76.5% | 72.3% | 4.1% | Belgium |
| 1990s | 80.1% | 78.7% | 1.4% | Belgium |
| 2000s | 83.4% | 82.7% | 0.7% | Belgium |
| 2010s | 86.1% | 86.9% | 0.9% | French Guiana |
| 2020s | 87.5% | 86.5% | 1.0% | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Belgium or French Guiana?
- Belgium, at 87.7% against 86.6% in French Guiana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Belgium and French Guiana?
- 1.1%, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and French Guiana?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and French Guiana rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Belgium ranks 50th and French Guiana ranks 53rd 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 modelled historical data.