Belgium vs Palestine: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Belgium
87.7%
in 2025
Palestine
87.4%
in 2025
Belgium rank
50th
Palestine rank
51st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Belgium
- Palestine
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 87.7% against 87.4% in Palestine, a difference of 0.3%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 50th and Palestine ranks 51st of 238 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Palestine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 64.1% | 40.2% | 23.8% | Belgium |
| 1960s | 67.9% | 48.7% | 19.1% | Belgium |
| 1970s | 72.5% | 58.9% | 13.6% | Belgium |
| 1980s | 76.5% | 63.6% | 12.9% | Belgium |
| 1990s | 80.1% | 67.5% | 12.6% | Belgium |
| 2000s | 83.4% | 78.9% | 4.5% | Belgium |
| 2010s | 86.1% | 85.0% | 1.1% | Belgium |
| 2020s | 87.5% | 86.7% | 0.8% | 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 Palestine?
- Belgium, at 87.7% against 87.4% in Palestine as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Belgium and Palestine?
- 0.3%, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Palestine?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Palestine rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Belgium ranks 50th and Palestine ranks 51st of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.