Bulgaria vs Djibouti: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Bulgaria
74.2%
in 2025
Djibouti
73.0%
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
91st
Djibouti rank
94th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Bulgaria
- Djibouti
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 74.2% against 73.0% in Djibouti, a difference of 1.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Djibouti ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 91st and Djibouti ranks 94th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 2 and Djibouti in 38.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Djibouti | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Djibouti |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Djibouti |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Djibouti |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Djibouti |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Djibouti |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Djibouti |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 1.3% | 1.0% | Djibouti |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 4.0% | 3.0% | Djibouti |
| 1710s | 1.0% | 4.5% | 3.5% | Djibouti |
| 1720s | 1.0% | 4.9% | 3.9% | Djibouti |
| 1730s | 1.0% | 5.4% | 4.4% | Djibouti |
| 1740s | 1.0% | 5.9% | 4.9% | Djibouti |
| 1750s | 1.0% | 6.5% | 5.5% | Djibouti |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 7.1% | 6.1% | Djibouti |
| 1770s | 1.0% | 7.7% | 6.7% | Djibouti |
| 1780s | 1.0% | 8.5% | 7.5% | Djibouti |
| 1790s | 1.0% | 9.3% | 8.3% | Djibouti |
| 1800s | 1.0% | 10.2% | 9.2% | Djibouti |
| 1810s | 1.2% | 11.1% | 9.9% | Djibouti |
| 1820s | 1.5% | 12.2% | 10.7% | Djibouti |
| 1830s | 1.9% | 13.4% | 11.5% | Djibouti |
| 1840s | 2.4% | 14.6% | 12.3% | Djibouti |
| 1850s | 3.0% | 16.0% | 13.1% | Djibouti |
| 1860s | 3.7% | 17.6% | 13.9% | Djibouti |
| 1870s | 4.6% | 19.2% | 14.6% | Djibouti |
| 1880s | 5.8% | 21.1% | 15.3% | Djibouti |
| 1890s | 7.2% | 23.1% | 15.8% | Djibouti |
| 1900s | 9.0% | 25.3% | 16.2% | Djibouti |
| 1910s | 11.3% | 27.7% | 16.4% | Djibouti |
| 1920s | 14.1% | 30.3% | 16.2% | Djibouti |
| 1930s | 17.7% | 33.2% | 15.5% | Djibouti |
| 1940s | 22.1% | 36.3% | 14.3% | Djibouti |
| 1950s | 31.4% | 45.2% | 13.9% | Djibouti |
| 1960s | 43.8% | 56.2% | 12.3% | Djibouti |
| 1970s | 57.4% | 68.2% | 10.9% | Djibouti |
| 1980s | 65.0% | 74.9% | 9.9% | Djibouti |
| 1990s | 67.6% | 75.3% | 7.7% | Djibouti |
| 2000s | 70.0% | 71.7% | 1.7% | Djibouti |
| 2010s | 73.0% | 71.0% | 1.9% | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 73.7% | 72.6% | 1.1% | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Bulgaria or Djibouti?
- Bulgaria, at 74.2% against 73.0% in Djibouti as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bulgaria and Djibouti?
- 1.2%, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Djibouti?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Djibouti rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Bulgaria ranks 91st and Djibouti ranks 94th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.