Bermuda vs (UN M49): Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Bermuda
100.0%
in 2025
(UN M49)
69.3%
in 2025
Bermuda rank
1st
(UN M49) rank
1st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Bermuda
- (UN M49)
How they compare
Bermuda currently reports 100.0% against 69.3% in (UN M49), a difference of 30.7%.
That makes Bermuda's figure about 1.4 times (UN M49)'s.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was (UN M49) ahead.
Bermuda ranks 1st and (UN M49) ranks 1st of 238 countries.
Bermuda has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bermuda | (UN M49) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 48.6% | 30.2% | 18.4% | Bermuda |
| 1960s | 100.0% | 51.6% | 48.4% | Bermuda |
| 1970s | 100.0% | 57.3% | 42.7% | Bermuda |
| 1980s | 100.0% | 60.7% | 39.3% | Bermuda |
| 1990s | 100.0% | 63.3% | 36.7% | Bermuda |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 65.8% | 34.2% | Bermuda |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 67.1% | 32.9% | Bermuda |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 68.7% | 31.3% | Bermuda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Bermuda or (UN M49)?
- Bermuda, at 100.0% against 69.3% in (UN M49) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bermuda and (UN M49)?
- 30.7%, with Bermuda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bermuda and (UN M49)?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Bermuda and (UN M49) rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Bermuda ranks 1st and (UN M49) ranks 1st of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.