Burundi vs Tajikistan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Burundi
25.7%
in 2025
Tajikistan
26.2%
in 2025
Burundi rank
223rd
Tajikistan rank
221st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Burundi
- Tajikistan
How they compare
Tajikistan currently reports 26.2% against 25.7% in Burundi, a difference of 0.5%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Tajikistan has been ahead every year.
Burundi ranks 223rd and Tajikistan ranks 221st of 238 countries.
Tajikistan has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Tajikistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tajikistan |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tajikistan |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tajikistan |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tajikistan |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tajikistan |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Tajikistan |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Tajikistan |
| 1700s | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% | Tajikistan |
| 1710s | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% | Tajikistan |
| 1720s | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% | Tajikistan |
| 1730s | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% | Tajikistan |
| 1740s | 0.3% | 1.0% | 0.7% | Tajikistan |
| 1750s | 0.3% | 1.0% | 0.7% | Tajikistan |
| 1760s | 0.3% | 1.0% | 0.7% | Tajikistan |
| 1770s | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | Tajikistan |
| 1780s | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | Tajikistan |
| 1790s | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | Tajikistan |
| 1800s | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.6% | Tajikistan |
| 1810s | 0.5% | 1.3% | 0.8% | Tajikistan |
| 1820s | 0.6% | 1.6% | 1.1% | Tajikistan |
| 1830s | 0.6% | 2.0% | 1.4% | Tajikistan |
| 1840s | 0.7% | 2.5% | 1.8% | Tajikistan |
| 1850s | 0.7% | 3.2% | 2.4% | Tajikistan |
| 1860s | 0.8% | 3.9% | 3.1% | Tajikistan |
| 1870s | 0.9% | 4.9% | 4.0% | Tajikistan |
| 1880s | 1.0% | 6.2% | 5.2% | Tajikistan |
| 1890s | 1.1% | 7.7% | 6.6% | Tajikistan |
| 1900s | 1.2% | 9.6% | 8.5% | Tajikistan |
| 1910s | 1.3% | 12.0% | 10.8% | Tajikistan |
| 1920s | 1.4% | 15.0% | 13.6% | Tajikistan |
| 1930s | 1.5% | 18.8% | 17.3% | Tajikistan |
| 1940s | 1.7% | 23.5% | 21.8% | Tajikistan |
| 1950s | 1.4% | 29.8% | 28.4% | Tajikistan |
| 1960s | 2.3% | 35.6% | 33.3% | Tajikistan |
| 1970s | 3.5% | 35.9% | 32.4% | Tajikistan |
| 1980s | 5.2% | 33.4% | 28.2% | Tajikistan |
| 1990s | 7.1% | 29.0% | 21.9% | Tajikistan |
| 2000s | 9.1% | 26.5% | 17.4% | Tajikistan |
| 2010s | 14.5% | 26.4% | 11.9% | Tajikistan |
| 2020s | 22.9% | 26.2% | 3.3% | Tajikistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Burundi or Tajikistan?
- Tajikistan, at 26.2% against 25.7% in Burundi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Burundi and Tajikistan?
- 0.5%, with Tajikistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Tajikistan?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Burundi and Tajikistan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Burundi ranks 223rd and Tajikistan ranks 221st 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.