Bulgaria vs Russia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Bulgaria
74.2%
in 2025
Russia
75.3%
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
91st
Russia rank
88th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Bulgaria
- Russia
How they compare
Russia currently reports 75.3% against 74.2% in Bulgaria, a difference of 1.1%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Russia has been ahead every year.
Bulgaria ranks 91st and Russia ranks 88th of 238 countries.
Russia has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Russia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Russia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Russia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Russia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Russia |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Russia |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Russia |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Russia |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | Russia |
| 1710s | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | Russia |
| 1720s | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | Russia |
| 1730s | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | Russia |
| 1740s | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | Russia |
| 1750s | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | Russia |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | Russia |
| 1770s | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | Russia |
| 1780s | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | Russia |
| 1790s | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | Russia |
| 1800s | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | Russia |
| 1810s | 1.2% | 1.9% | 0.7% | Russia |
| 1820s | 1.5% | 2.4% | 0.9% | Russia |
| 1830s | 1.9% | 3.0% | 1.1% | Russia |
| 1840s | 2.4% | 3.8% | 1.4% | Russia |
| 1850s | 3.0% | 4.7% | 1.8% | Russia |
| 1860s | 3.7% | 5.9% | 2.2% | Russia |
| 1870s | 4.6% | 7.4% | 2.8% | Russia |
| 1880s | 5.8% | 9.3% | 3.5% | Russia |
| 1890s | 7.2% | 11.6% | 4.3% | Russia |
| 1900s | 9.0% | 14.5% | 5.4% | Russia |
| 1910s | 11.3% | 18.1% | 6.8% | Russia |
| 1920s | 14.1% | 22.6% | 8.5% | Russia |
| 1930s | 17.7% | 28.3% | 10.6% | Russia |
| 1940s | 22.1% | 35.3% | 13.3% | Russia |
| 1950s | 31.4% | 48.6% | 17.3% | Russia |
| 1960s | 43.8% | 58.0% | 14.1% | Russia |
| 1970s | 57.4% | 66.2% | 8.9% | Russia |
| 1980s | 65.0% | 71.8% | 6.9% | Russia |
| 1990s | 67.6% | 73.2% | 5.7% | Russia |
| 2000s | 70.0% | 73.3% | 3.3% | Russia |
| 2010s | 73.0% | 74.2% | 1.2% | Russia |
| 2020s | 73.7% | 74.9% | 1.3% | 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?, Bulgaria or Russia?
- Russia, at 75.3% against 74.2% in Bulgaria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Bulgaria and Russia?
- 1.1%, with Russia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Russia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Russia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Bulgaria ranks 91st 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
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.