Bhutan vs Togo: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Bhutan
43.4%
in 2025
Togo
44.4%
in 2025
Bhutan rank
181st
Togo rank
179th

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

  • Bhutan
  • Togo
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How they compare

Togo currently reports 44.4% against 43.4% in Bhutan, a difference of 1.0%.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Togo has been ahead every year.

Bhutan ranks 181st and Togo ranks 179th of 238 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Togo Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Togo
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Togo
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Togo
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Togo
1400s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Togo
1500s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Togo
1600s 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Togo
1700s 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% Togo
1710s 0.2% 0.5% 0.2% Togo
1720s 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% Togo
1730s 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% Togo
1740s 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% Togo
1750s 0.3% 0.7% 0.4% Togo
1760s 0.4% 0.7% 0.4% Togo
1770s 0.4% 0.8% 0.4% Togo
1780s 0.4% 0.9% 0.5% Togo
1790s 0.5% 1.0% 0.5% Togo
1800s 0.5% 1.1% 0.6% Togo
1810s 0.6% 1.2% 0.6% Togo
1820s 0.6% 1.3% 0.7% Togo
1830s 0.7% 1.4% 0.7% Togo
1840s 0.7% 1.5% 0.8% Togo
1850s 0.8% 1.7% 0.9% Togo
1860s 0.9% 1.8% 1.0% Togo
1870s 1.0% 2.0% 1.1% Togo
1880s 1.1% 2.2% 1.2% Togo
1890s 1.2% 2.4% 1.3% Togo
1900s 1.3% 2.6% 1.4% Togo
1910s 1.4% 2.9% 1.5% Togo
1920s 1.5% 3.2% 1.7% Togo
1930s 1.7% 3.5% 1.8% Togo
1940s 1.8% 3.8% 2.0% Togo
1950s 2.2% 8.3% 6.1% Togo
1960s 2.7% 15.8% 13.1% Togo
1970s 6.6% 23.0% 16.4% Togo
1980s 15.8% 26.4% 10.6% Togo
1990s 23.6% 30.6% 7.1% Togo
2000s 30.6% 35.1% 4.6% Togo
2010s 36.4% 39.5% 3.1% Togo
2020s 41.4% 43.1% 1.6% Togo

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 Togo?
Togo, at 44.4% against 43.4% in Bhutan as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bhutan and Togo?
1.0%, with Togo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Togo?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Bhutan and Togo rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Bhutan ranks 181st and Togo ranks 179th 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
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Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.