Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Slovakia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
52.7%
in 2025
Slovakia
53.2%
in 2025
Bosnia and Herzegovina rank
165th
Slovakia rank
164th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Slovakia
How they compare
Slovakia currently reports 53.2% against 52.7% in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a difference of 0.5%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Slovakia has been ahead every year.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 165th and Slovakia ranks 164th of 238 countries.
Slovakia has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Slovakia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Slovakia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Slovakia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Slovakia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 1.7% | 1.7% | Slovakia |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 5.2% | 5.2% | Slovakia |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 4.8% | 4.7% | Slovakia |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 4.9% | 4.6% | Slovakia |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 4.8% | 3.8% | Slovakia |
| 1710s | 1.0% | 5.3% | 4.3% | Slovakia |
| 1720s | 1.0% | 5.8% | 4.8% | Slovakia |
| 1730s | 1.0% | 6.3% | 5.3% | Slovakia |
| 1740s | 1.0% | 6.8% | 5.8% | Slovakia |
| 1750s | 1.0% | 7.3% | 6.3% | Slovakia |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 7.4% | 6.4% | Slovakia |
| 1770s | 1.0% | 7.5% | 6.5% | Slovakia |
| 1780s | 1.0% | 7.7% | 6.7% | Slovakia |
| 1790s | 1.0% | 7.8% | 6.8% | Slovakia |
| 1800s | 1.0% | 7.9% | 6.9% | Slovakia |
| 1810s | 1.0% | 8.0% | 7.0% | Slovakia |
| 1820s | 1.0% | 8.1% | 7.1% | Slovakia |
| 1830s | 1.0% | 8.1% | 7.1% | Slovakia |
| 1840s | 1.2% | 8.2% | 7.0% | Slovakia |
| 1850s | 1.5% | 8.3% | 6.8% | Slovakia |
| 1860s | 1.8% | 8.4% | 6.6% | Slovakia |
| 1870s | 2.3% | 8.5% | 6.2% | Slovakia |
| 1880s | 2.9% | 8.6% | 5.7% | Slovakia |
| 1890s | 3.6% | 8.6% | 5.1% | Slovakia |
| 1900s | 4.5% | 8.7% | 4.2% | Slovakia |
| 1910s | 5.6% | 10.0% | 4.4% | Slovakia |
| 1920s | 7.0% | 12.5% | 5.5% | Slovakia |
| 1930s | 8.7% | 15.0% | 6.3% | Slovakia |
| 1940s | 10.9% | 20.0% | 9.1% | Slovakia |
| 1950s | 15.9% | 31.2% | 15.3% | Slovakia |
| 1960s | 22.5% | 36.4% | 13.9% | Slovakia |
| 1970s | 31.3% | 46.0% | 14.7% | Slovakia |
| 1980s | 37.6% | 54.5% | 16.9% | Slovakia |
| 1990s | 40.8% | 56.6% | 15.8% | Slovakia |
| 2000s | 44.0% | 55.5% | 11.5% | Slovakia |
| 2010s | 47.5% | 53.9% | 6.5% | Slovakia |
| 2020s | 51.3% | 53.2% | 1.9% | Slovakia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Slovakia?
- Slovakia, at 53.2% against 52.7% in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovakia?
- 0.5%, with Slovakia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovakia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovakia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 165th and Slovakia ranks 164th 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.