Belize vs Egypt: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Belize
41.6%
in 2025
Egypt
42.9%
in 2025
Belize rank
184th
Egypt rank
182nd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Belize
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 42.9% against 41.6% in Belize, a difference of 1.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Egypt ahead.
Belize ranks 184th and Egypt ranks 182nd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 32 and Egypt in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2.4% | Egypt |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 2.5% | 2.5% | Egypt |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 2.6% | 2.6% | Egypt |
| 1300s | 0.1% | 2.8% | 2.7% | Egypt |
| 1400s | 0.2% | 2.9% | 2.7% | Egypt |
| 1500s | 0.6% | 3.0% | 2.4% | Egypt |
| 1600s | 1.8% | 3.2% | 1.3% | Egypt |
| 1700s | 5.5% | 3.3% | 2.2% | Belize |
| 1710s | 6.2% | 3.7% | 2.5% | Belize |
| 1720s | 6.8% | 4.1% | 2.7% | Belize |
| 1730s | 7.5% | 4.5% | 3.0% | Belize |
| 1740s | 8.2% | 4.9% | 3.3% | Belize |
| 1750s | 9.0% | 5.4% | 3.6% | Belize |
| 1760s | 9.8% | 5.9% | 3.9% | Belize |
| 1770s | 10.8% | 6.4% | 4.3% | Belize |
| 1780s | 11.8% | 7.1% | 4.7% | Belize |
| 1790s | 12.9% | 7.7% | 5.2% | Belize |
| 1800s | 14.1% | 8.5% | 5.7% | Belize |
| 1810s | 15.5% | 9.3% | 6.2% | Belize |
| 1820s | 16.9% | 10.2% | 6.8% | Belize |
| 1830s | 18.6% | 11.1% | 7.4% | Belize |
| 1840s | 20.3% | 12.2% | 8.1% | Belize |
| 1850s | 22.3% | 13.4% | 8.9% | Belize |
| 1860s | 24.4% | 14.6% | 9.8% | Belize |
| 1870s | 26.7% | 16.0% | 10.7% | Belize |
| 1880s | 29.2% | 17.5% | 11.7% | Belize |
| 1890s | 32.0% | 19.2% | 12.8% | Belize |
| 1900s | 35.1% | 21.0% | 14.0% | Belize |
| 1910s | 38.4% | 23.0% | 15.4% | Belize |
| 1920s | 42.1% | 25.2% | 16.8% | Belize |
| 1930s | 46.1% | 27.6% | 18.4% | Belize |
| 1940s | 50.5% | 30.3% | 20.2% | Belize |
| 1950s | 54.3% | 34.3% | 20.0% | Belize |
| 1960s | 54.1% | 40.3% | 13.8% | Belize |
| 1970s | 53.3% | 43.4% | 9.9% | Belize |
| 1980s | 49.6% | 43.9% | 5.7% | Belize |
| 1990s | 47.5% | 42.9% | 4.5% | Belize |
| 2000s | 46.8% | 42.9% | 3.9% | Belize |
| 2010s | 44.1% | 42.7% | 1.4% | Belize |
| 2020s | 42.1% | 42.7% | 0.6% | Egypt |
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 Egypt?
- Egypt, at 42.9% against 41.6% in Belize as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Belize and Egypt?
- 1.3%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Egypt?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Belize and Egypt rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Belize ranks 184th and Egypt ranks 182nd 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.