Cape Verde vs Colombia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Cape Verde
77.6%
in 2025
Colombia
78.8%
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
81st
Colombia rank
80th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Cape Verde
- Colombia
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 78.8% against 77.6% in Cape Verde, a difference of 1.2%.
Across all 102 years both countries report, Colombia has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 81st and Colombia ranks 80th of 238 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 34 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Colombia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600s | 0.4% | 2.0% | 1.6% | Colombia |
| 1700s | 1.2% | 7.9% | 6.7% | Colombia |
| 1710s | 1.3% | 8.5% | 7.2% | Colombia |
| 1720s | 1.4% | 9.1% | 7.7% | Colombia |
| 1730s | 1.6% | 9.7% | 8.1% | Colombia |
| 1740s | 1.7% | 10.3% | 8.5% | Colombia |
| 1750s | 1.9% | 10.9% | 9.0% | Colombia |
| 1760s | 2.1% | 11.5% | 9.4% | Colombia |
| 1770s | 2.3% | 12.0% | 9.8% | Colombia |
| 1780s | 2.5% | 12.6% | 10.2% | Colombia |
| 1790s | 2.7% | 13.2% | 10.5% | Colombia |
| 1800s | 3.0% | 15.0% | 12.0% | Colombia |
| 1810s | 3.3% | 16.4% | 13.1% | Colombia |
| 1820s | 3.6% | 17.8% | 14.2% | Colombia |
| 1830s | 3.9% | 19.2% | 15.3% | Colombia |
| 1840s | 4.3% | 20.6% | 16.3% | Colombia |
| 1850s | 4.7% | 22.0% | 17.3% | Colombia |
| 1860s | 5.1% | 23.3% | 18.1% | Colombia |
| 1870s | 5.6% | 24.6% | 18.9% | Colombia |
| 1880s | 6.2% | 25.9% | 19.7% | Colombia |
| 1890s | 6.8% | 27.1% | 20.4% | Colombia |
| 1900s | 7.4% | 28.4% | 21.0% | Colombia |
| 1910s | 8.1% | 29.7% | 21.6% | Colombia |
| 1920s | 8.9% | 31.0% | 22.1% | Colombia |
| 1930s | 9.7% | 31.3% | 21.6% | Colombia |
| 1940s | 10.6% | 31.5% | 20.9% | Colombia |
| 1950s | 6.6% | 42.9% | 36.3% | Colombia |
| 1960s | 11.4% | 52.6% | 41.2% | Colombia |
| 1970s | 21.2% | 61.6% | 40.3% | Colombia |
| 1980s | 32.3% | 66.9% | 34.6% | Colombia |
| 1990s | 48.9% | 71.6% | 22.7% | Colombia |
| 2000s | 57.4% | 75.7% | 18.3% | Colombia |
| 2010s | 66.5% | 77.1% | 10.6% | Colombia |
| 2020s | 75.4% | 78.2% | 2.8% | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Cape Verde or Colombia?
- Colombia, at 78.8% against 77.6% in Cape Verde as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Cape Verde and Colombia?
- 1.2%, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Colombia?
- 102 years are reported by both, from 1600 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Colombia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Cape Verde ranks 81st and Colombia ranks 80th 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 modeled historical data.