Bhutan vs Maldives: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Bhutan
43.4%
in 2025
Maldives
42.5%
in 2025
Bhutan rank
181st
Maldives rank
183rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Bhutan
- Maldives
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 43.4% against 42.5% in Maldives, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Maldives ahead.
Bhutan ranks 181st and Maldives ranks 183rd of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 1 and Maldives in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.2% | 11.1% | 8.8% | Maldives |
| 1960s | 2.7% | 11.4% | 8.7% | Maldives |
| 1970s | 6.6% | 16.9% | 10.2% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 15.8% | 25.0% | 9.1% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 23.6% | 25.9% | 2.3% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 30.6% | 32.7% | 2.1% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 36.4% | 38.4% | 2.0% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 41.4% | 41.4% | 0.1% | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Bhutan or Maldives?
- Bhutan, at 43.4% against 42.5% in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bhutan and Maldives?
- 0.9%, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Maldives?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Maldives rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Bhutan ranks 181st and Maldives ranks 183rd 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.