Bolivia vs Equatorial Guinea: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Bolivia
71.6%
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
71.6%
in 2025
Bolivia rank
99th
Equatorial Guinea rank
98th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Bolivia
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 71.6% against 71.6% in Bolivia, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bolivia ahead.
Bolivia ranks 99th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 98th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 39 and Equatorial Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bolivia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bolivia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bolivia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bolivia |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Bolivia |
| 1500s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Bolivia |
| 1600s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Bolivia |
| 1700s | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1.5% | Bolivia |
| 1710s | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1.7% | Bolivia |
| 1720s | 2.0% | 0.0% | 2.0% | Bolivia |
| 1730s | 2.2% | 0.0% | 2.2% | Bolivia |
| 1740s | 2.5% | 0.0% | 2.5% | Bolivia |
| 1750s | 2.8% | 0.0% | 2.8% | Bolivia |
| 1760s | 3.2% | 0.1% | 3.1% | Bolivia |
| 1770s | 3.6% | 0.1% | 3.5% | Bolivia |
| 1780s | 4.0% | 0.1% | 3.9% | Bolivia |
| 1790s | 4.5% | 0.2% | 4.4% | Bolivia |
| 1800s | 5.1% | 0.2% | 4.9% | Bolivia |
| 1810s | 5.7% | 0.3% | 5.4% | Bolivia |
| 1820s | 6.4% | 0.4% | 6.1% | Bolivia |
| 1830s | 7.2% | 0.5% | 6.7% | Bolivia |
| 1840s | 8.1% | 0.7% | 7.5% | Bolivia |
| 1850s | 9.2% | 0.9% | 8.3% | Bolivia |
| 1860s | 10.3% | 1.2% | 9.1% | Bolivia |
| 1870s | 11.6% | 1.5% | 10.0% | Bolivia |
| 1880s | 13.0% | 2.1% | 11.0% | Bolivia |
| 1890s | 14.7% | 2.8% | 11.9% | Bolivia |
| 1900s | 16.5% | 3.7% | 12.8% | Bolivia |
| 1910s | 18.6% | 4.9% | 13.7% | Bolivia |
| 1920s | 20.9% | 6.5% | 14.4% | Bolivia |
| 1930s | 23.5% | 8.7% | 14.8% | Bolivia |
| 1940s | 26.4% | 11.6% | 14.8% | Bolivia |
| 1950s | 35.9% | 21.1% | 14.7% | Bolivia |
| 1960s | 37.8% | 26.2% | 11.7% | Bolivia |
| 1970s | 40.8% | 26.2% | 14.6% | Bolivia |
| 1980s | 49.5% | 28.3% | 21.2% | Bolivia |
| 1990s | 58.9% | 38.1% | 20.9% | Bolivia |
| 2000s | 64.0% | 42.8% | 21.1% | Bolivia |
| 2010s | 68.2% | 64.4% | 3.8% | Bolivia |
| 2020s | 70.8% | 71.0% | 0.2% | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Bolivia or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 71.6% against 71.6% in Bolivia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bolivia and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.0%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Equatorial Guinea?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Bolivia and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Bolivia ranks 99th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 98th 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.