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

Benin
53.4%
in 2025
Slovakia
53.2%
in 2025
Benin rank
163rd
Slovakia rank
164th

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

  • Benin
  • Slovakia
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 53.4% against 53.2% in Slovakia, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Benin ranks 163rd and Slovakia ranks 164th of 238 countries.

Slovakia has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Slovakia Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% Slovakia
1100s 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% Slovakia
1200s 0.0% 0.6% 0.6% Slovakia
1300s 0.0% 1.7% 1.7% Slovakia
1400s 0.0% 5.2% 5.2% Slovakia
1500s 0.0% 4.8% 4.8% Slovakia
1600s 0.1% 4.9% 4.8% Slovakia
1700s 0.2% 4.8% 4.6% Slovakia
1710s 0.2% 5.3% 5.1% Slovakia
1720s 0.2% 5.8% 5.6% Slovakia
1730s 0.2% 6.3% 6.1% Slovakia
1740s 0.3% 6.8% 6.5% Slovakia
1750s 0.3% 7.3% 7.0% Slovakia
1760s 0.4% 7.4% 7.1% Slovakia
1770s 0.4% 7.5% 7.1% Slovakia
1780s 0.5% 7.7% 7.2% Slovakia
1790s 0.5% 7.8% 7.2% Slovakia
1800s 0.6% 7.9% 7.3% Slovakia
1810s 0.7% 8.0% 7.3% Slovakia
1820s 0.8% 8.1% 7.3% Slovakia
1830s 0.9% 8.1% 7.2% Slovakia
1840s 1.0% 8.2% 7.2% Slovakia
1850s 1.2% 8.3% 7.1% Slovakia
1860s 1.4% 8.4% 7.0% Slovakia
1870s 1.5% 8.5% 6.9% Slovakia
1880s 1.8% 8.6% 6.8% Slovakia
1890s 2.0% 8.6% 6.6% Slovakia
1900s 2.3% 8.7% 6.4% Slovakia
1910s 2.6% 10.0% 7.4% Slovakia
1920s 3.0% 12.5% 9.5% Slovakia
1930s 3.5% 15.0% 11.5% Slovakia
1940s 3.9% 20.0% 16.1% Slovakia
1950s 7.8% 31.2% 23.4% Slovakia
1960s 12.8% 36.4% 23.6% Slovakia
1970s 22.3% 46.0% 23.7% Slovakia
1980s 30.9% 54.5% 23.6% Slovakia
1990s 36.6% 56.6% 20.0% Slovakia
2000s 40.2% 55.5% 15.3% Slovakia
2010s 45.7% 53.9% 8.3% Slovakia
2020s 51.4% 53.2% 1.8% Slovakia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Benin or Slovakia?
Benin, at 53.4% against 53.2% in Slovakia as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Benin and Slovakia?
0.2%, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Slovakia?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Benin and Slovakia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Benin ranks 163rd and Slovakia ranks 164th 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

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

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