Cambodia vs Egypt: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Cambodia
41.1%
in 2025
Egypt
42.9%
in 2025
Cambodia rank
185th
Egypt rank
182nd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Cambodia
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 42.9% against 41.1% in Cambodia, a difference of 1.8%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Cambodia ranks 185th and Egypt ranks 182nd of 238 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cambodia | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2.4% | Egypt |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 2.5% | 2.5% | Egypt |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 2.6% | 2.6% | Egypt |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 2.8% | 2.8% | Egypt |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 2.9% | 2.9% | Egypt |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 3.0% | 2.9% | Egypt |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 3.2% | 2.8% | Egypt |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 3.3% | 2.3% | Egypt |
| 1710s | 1.1% | 3.7% | 2.6% | Egypt |
| 1720s | 1.2% | 4.1% | 2.9% | Egypt |
| 1730s | 1.4% | 4.5% | 3.1% | Egypt |
| 1740s | 1.5% | 4.9% | 3.4% | Egypt |
| 1750s | 1.6% | 5.4% | 3.8% | Egypt |
| 1760s | 1.8% | 5.9% | 4.1% | Egypt |
| 1770s | 1.9% | 6.4% | 4.5% | Egypt |
| 1780s | 2.1% | 7.1% | 4.9% | Egypt |
| 1790s | 2.3% | 7.7% | 5.4% | Egypt |
| 1800s | 2.6% | 8.5% | 5.9% | Egypt |
| 1810s | 2.8% | 9.3% | 6.5% | Egypt |
| 1820s | 3.1% | 10.2% | 7.1% | Egypt |
| 1830s | 3.4% | 11.1% | 7.8% | Egypt |
| 1840s | 3.7% | 12.2% | 8.5% | Egypt |
| 1850s | 4.0% | 13.4% | 9.3% | Egypt |
| 1860s | 4.4% | 14.6% | 10.2% | Egypt |
| 1870s | 4.8% | 16.0% | 11.2% | Egypt |
| 1880s | 5.3% | 17.5% | 12.3% | Egypt |
| 1890s | 5.8% | 19.2% | 13.4% | Egypt |
| 1900s | 6.3% | 21.0% | 14.7% | Egypt |
| 1910s | 6.9% | 23.0% | 16.1% | Egypt |
| 1920s | 7.6% | 25.2% | 17.6% | Egypt |
| 1930s | 8.3% | 27.6% | 19.3% | Egypt |
| 1940s | 9.1% | 30.3% | 21.1% | Egypt |
| 1950s | 8.9% | 34.3% | 25.4% | Egypt |
| 1960s | 10.8% | 40.3% | 29.5% | Egypt |
| 1970s | 15.2% | 43.4% | 28.3% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 14.0% | 43.9% | 29.9% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 17.3% | 42.9% | 25.7% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 19.2% | 42.9% | 23.7% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 29.6% | 42.7% | 13.1% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 40.5% | 42.7% | 2.2% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Cambodia or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 42.9% against 41.1% in Cambodia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Cambodia and Egypt?
- 1.8%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Egypt?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Cambodia and Egypt rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Cambodia ranks 185th and Egypt ranks 182nd 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.