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
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.
Belize has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Cambodia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Belize |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Belize |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Belize |
| 1300s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Belize |
| 1400s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Belize |
| 1500s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Belize |
| 1600s | 1.8% | 0.3% | 1.5% | Belize |
| 1700s | 5.5% | 1.0% | 4.5% | Belize |
| 1710s | 6.2% | 1.1% | 5.1% | Belize |
| 1720s | 6.8% | 1.2% | 5.6% | Belize |
| 1730s | 7.5% | 1.4% | 6.1% | Belize |
| 1740s | 8.2% | 1.5% | 6.7% | Belize |
| 1750s | 9.0% | 1.6% | 7.3% | Belize |
| 1760s | 9.8% | 1.8% | 8.0% | Belize |
| 1770s | 10.8% | 1.9% | 8.8% | Belize |
| 1780s | 11.8% | 2.1% | 9.6% | Belize |
| 1790s | 12.9% | 2.3% | 10.6% | Belize |
| 1800s | 14.1% | 2.6% | 11.6% | Belize |
| 1810s | 15.5% | 2.8% | 12.7% | Belize |
| 1820s | 16.9% | 3.1% | 13.9% | Belize |
| 1830s | 18.6% | 3.4% | 15.2% | Belize |
| 1840s | 20.3% | 3.7% | 16.6% | Belize |
| 1850s | 22.3% | 4.0% | 18.2% | Belize |
| 1860s | 24.4% | 4.4% | 20.0% | Belize |
| 1870s | 26.7% | 4.8% | 21.9% | Belize |
| 1880s | 29.2% | 5.3% | 24.0% | Belize |
| 1890s | 32.0% | 5.8% | 26.2% | Belize |
| 1900s | 35.1% | 6.3% | 28.7% | Belize |
| 1910s | 38.4% | 6.9% | 31.5% | Belize |
| 1920s | 42.1% | 7.6% | 34.5% | Belize |
| 1930s | 46.1% | 8.3% | 37.8% | Belize |
| 1940s | 50.5% | 9.1% | 41.3% | Belize |
| 1950s | 54.3% | 8.9% | 45.4% | Belize |
| 1960s | 54.1% | 10.8% | 43.3% | Belize |
| 1970s | 53.3% | 15.2% | 38.1% | Belize |
| 1980s | 49.6% | 14.0% | 35.6% | Belize |
| 1990s | 47.5% | 17.3% | 30.2% | Belize |
| 2000s | 46.8% | 19.2% | 27.6% | Belize |
| 2010s | 44.1% | 29.6% | 14.5% | Belize |
| 2020s | 42.1% | 40.5% | 1.6% | Belize |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Belize or Cambodia?
- Belize, at 41.6% against 41.1% in Cambodia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Belize and Cambodia?
- 0.5%, with Belize ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Cambodia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Belize and Cambodia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Belize ranks 184th and Cambodia ranks 185th 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.