Benin vs Romania: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Benin

53.4%

in 2025

Romania

52.2%

in 2025

Benin rank

163rd

Romania rank

166th

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

Benin currently reports 53.4% against 52.2% in Romania, a difference of 1.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Romania ahead.

Benin ranks 163rd and Romania ranks 166th of 238 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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