Botswana vs New Caledonia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Botswana

68.0%

in 2025

New Caledonia

68.2%

in 2025

Botswana rank

114th

New Caledonia rank

113th

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

New Caledonia currently reports 68.2% against 68.0% in Botswana, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Botswana ranks 114th and New Caledonia ranks 113th of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.