Bolivia vs Estonia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Bolivia
71.6%
in 2025
Estonia
70.7%
in 2025
Bolivia rank
99th
Estonia rank
102nd

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

  • Bolivia
  • Estonia
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How they compare

Bolivia currently reports 71.6% against 70.7% in Estonia, a difference of 0.9%.

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

Bolivia ranks 99th and Estonia ranks 102nd of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 1 and Estonia in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bolivia Estonia Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Estonia
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Estonia
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Estonia
1300s 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% Estonia
1400s 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% Estonia
1500s 0.2% 0.6% 0.4% Estonia
1600s 0.5% 1.7% 1.2% Estonia
1700s 1.5% 5.0% 3.5% Estonia
1710s 1.8% 5.6% 3.8% Estonia
1720s 2.0% 6.1% 4.1% Estonia
1730s 2.2% 6.7% 4.5% Estonia
1740s 2.5% 7.4% 4.8% Estonia
1750s 2.8% 8.1% 5.2% Estonia
1760s 3.2% 8.8% 5.6% Estonia
1770s 3.6% 9.7% 6.1% Estonia
1780s 4.0% 10.6% 6.6% Estonia
1790s 4.5% 11.6% 7.1% Estonia
1800s 5.1% 12.7% 7.6% Estonia
1810s 5.7% 13.9% 8.2% Estonia
1820s 6.4% 15.2% 8.8% Estonia
1830s 7.2% 16.7% 9.4% Estonia
1840s 8.1% 18.3% 10.1% Estonia
1850s 9.2% 20.0% 10.8% Estonia
1860s 10.3% 21.9% 11.6% Estonia
1870s 11.6% 24.0% 12.4% Estonia
1880s 13.0% 26.3% 13.2% Estonia
1890s 14.7% 28.8% 14.1% Estonia
1900s 16.5% 31.5% 15.0% Estonia
1910s 18.6% 34.5% 16.0% Estonia
1920s 20.9% 37.8% 16.9% Estonia
1930s 23.5% 41.4% 17.9% Estonia
1940s 26.4% 45.4% 18.9% Estonia
1950s 35.9% 52.6% 16.8% Estonia
1960s 37.8% 61.7% 23.9% Estonia
1970s 40.8% 67.4% 26.6% Estonia
1980s 49.5% 70.9% 21.5% Estonia
1990s 58.9% 69.3% 10.3% Estonia
2000s 64.0% 67.5% 3.6% Estonia
2010s 68.2% 68.5% 0.3% Estonia
2020s 70.8% 70.4% 0.3% Bolivia

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 Estonia?
Bolivia, at 71.6% against 70.7% in Estonia as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bolivia and Estonia?
0.9%, with Bolivia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Estonia?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Bolivia and Estonia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Bolivia ranks 99th and Estonia ranks 102nd 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.