Brunei vs Russia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Brunei
75.0%
in 2025
Russia
75.3%
in 2025
Brunei rank
89th
Russia rank
88th

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

  • Brunei
  • Russia
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How they compare

Russia currently reports 75.3% against 75.0% in Brunei, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Brunei ahead.

Brunei ranks 89th and Russia ranks 88th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 30 and Russia in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brunei Russia Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Brunei
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Brunei
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Brunei
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Brunei
1400s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Brunei
1500s 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% Brunei
1600s 0.9% 0.7% 0.2% Brunei
1700s 2.7% 2.0% 0.7% Brunei
1710s 3.0% 2.0% 1.0% Brunei
1720s 3.3% 2.0% 1.3% Brunei
1730s 3.6% 2.0% 1.6% Brunei
1740s 4.0% 2.0% 2.0% Brunei
1750s 4.3% 2.0% 2.3% Brunei
1760s 4.8% 2.0% 2.8% Brunei
1770s 5.2% 2.0% 3.2% Brunei
1780s 5.7% 2.0% 3.7% Brunei
1790s 6.2% 2.0% 4.2% Brunei
1800s 6.8% 2.0% 4.8% Brunei
1810s 7.5% 1.9% 5.5% Brunei
1820s 8.2% 2.4% 5.8% Brunei
1830s 9.0% 3.0% 5.9% Brunei
1840s 9.8% 3.8% 6.0% Brunei
1850s 10.8% 4.7% 6.0% Brunei
1860s 11.8% 5.9% 5.9% Brunei
1870s 12.9% 7.4% 5.5% Brunei
1880s 14.2% 9.3% 4.9% Brunei
1890s 15.5% 11.6% 3.9% Brunei
1900s 17.0% 14.5% 2.5% Brunei
1910s 18.6% 18.1% 0.5% Brunei
1920s 20.4% 22.6% 2.2% Russia
1930s 22.3% 28.3% 6.0% Russia
1940s 24.4% 35.3% 10.9% Russia
1950s 33.8% 48.6% 14.8% Russia
1960s 53.2% 58.0% 4.8% Russia
1970s 62.1% 66.2% 4.1% Russia
1980s 61.2% 71.8% 10.6% Russia
1990s 68.4% 73.2% 4.8% Russia
2000s 73.2% 73.3% 0.1% Russia
2010s 75.0% 74.2% 0.8% Brunei
2020s 74.8% 74.9% 0.1% Russia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Brunei or Russia?
Russia, at 75.3% against 75.0% in Brunei as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Brunei and Russia?
0.3%, with Russia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Russia?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Brunei and Russia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Brunei ranks 89th and Russia ranks 88th 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 modelled historical data.