Belize vs Cambodia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Belize
41.6%
in 2025
Cambodia
41.1%
in 2025
Belize rank
184th
Cambodia rank
185th

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

  • Belize
  • Cambodia
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How they compare

Belize currently reports 41.6% against 41.1% in Cambodia, a difference of 0.5%.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Belize has been ahead every year.

Belize ranks 184th and Cambodia ranks 185th of 238 countries.

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About this data

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
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Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.