Cape Verde vs France: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Cape Verde

77.6%

in 2025

France

78.8%

in 2025

Cape Verde rank

81st

France rank

79th

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

France currently reports 78.8% against 77.6% in Cape Verde, a difference of 1.2%.

Across all 102 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

Cape Verde ranks 81st and France ranks 79th of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.