Bolivia vs Syria: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Bolivia
71.6%
in 2025
Syria
72.1%
in 2025
Bolivia rank
99th
Syria rank
97th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Bolivia
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 72.1% against 71.6% in Bolivia, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Syria ahead.
Bolivia ranks 99th and Syria ranks 97th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 27 and Syria in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.7% | Syria |
| 1500s | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.6% | Syria |
| 1600s | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Syria |
| 1700s | 1.5% | 0.7% | 0.8% | Bolivia |
| 1710s | 1.8% | 0.8% | 1.0% | Bolivia |
| 1720s | 2.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | Bolivia |
| 1730s | 2.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | Bolivia |
| 1740s | 2.5% | 1.2% | 1.3% | Bolivia |
| 1750s | 2.8% | 1.5% | 1.4% | Bolivia |
| 1760s | 3.2% | 1.7% | 1.5% | Bolivia |
| 1770s | 3.6% | 2.0% | 1.6% | Bolivia |
| 1780s | 4.0% | 2.3% | 1.7% | Bolivia |
| 1790s | 4.5% | 2.7% | 1.8% | Bolivia |
| 1800s | 5.1% | 3.1% | 1.9% | Bolivia |
| 1810s | 5.7% | 3.7% | 2.0% | Bolivia |
| 1820s | 6.4% | 4.3% | 2.2% | Bolivia |
| 1830s | 7.2% | 5.0% | 2.2% | Bolivia |
| 1840s | 8.1% | 5.8% | 2.3% | Bolivia |
| 1850s | 9.2% | 6.8% | 2.4% | Bolivia |
| 1860s | 10.3% | 7.9% | 2.4% | Bolivia |
| 1870s | 11.6% | 9.2% | 2.3% | Bolivia |
| 1880s | 13.0% | 10.8% | 2.2% | Bolivia |
| 1890s | 14.7% | 12.6% | 2.1% | Bolivia |
| 1900s | 16.5% | 14.7% | 1.8% | Bolivia |
| 1910s | 18.6% | 17.1% | 1.4% | Bolivia |
| 1920s | 20.9% | 20.0% | 0.9% | Bolivia |
| 1930s | 23.5% | 23.3% | 0.2% | Bolivia |
| 1940s | 26.4% | 27.2% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1950s | 35.9% | 37.6% | 1.8% | Syria |
| 1960s | 37.8% | 41.5% | 3.7% | Syria |
| 1970s | 40.8% | 45.0% | 4.1% | Syria |
| 1980s | 49.5% | 47.8% | 1.7% | Bolivia |
| 1990s | 58.9% | 50.0% | 8.9% | Bolivia |
| 2000s | 64.0% | 53.5% | 10.4% | Bolivia |
| 2010s | 68.2% | 70.2% | 2.0% | Syria |
| 2020s | 70.8% | 72.6% | 1.8% | Syria |
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 Syria?
- Syria, at 72.1% 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 Syria?
- 0.5%, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Syria?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Bolivia and Syria rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Bolivia ranks 99th and Syria ranks 97th 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 modelled historical data.