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
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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.

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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.