Cambodia vs Faroe Islands: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Cambodia
41.1%
in 2025
Faroe Islands
39.6%
in 2025
Cambodia rank
185th
Faroe Islands rank
188th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Cambodia
- Faroe Islands
How they compare
Cambodia currently reports 41.1% against 39.6% in Faroe Islands, a difference of 1.5%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cambodia ahead.
Cambodia ranks 185th and Faroe Islands ranks 188th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 27 and Faroe Islands in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cambodia | Faroe Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cambodia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cambodia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cambodia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cambodia |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Cambodia |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Cambodia |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Cambodia |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.8% | Cambodia |
| 1710s | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | Cambodia |
| 1720s | 1.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% | Cambodia |
| 1730s | 1.4% | 0.3% | 1.0% | Cambodia |
| 1740s | 1.5% | 0.4% | 1.1% | Cambodia |
| 1750s | 1.6% | 0.5% | 1.2% | Cambodia |
| 1760s | 1.8% | 0.5% | 1.2% | Cambodia |
| 1770s | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.3% | Cambodia |
| 1780s | 2.1% | 0.8% | 1.3% | Cambodia |
| 1790s | 2.3% | 0.9% | 1.4% | Cambodia |
| 1800s | 2.6% | 1.1% | 1.4% | Cambodia |
| 1810s | 2.8% | 1.4% | 1.4% | Cambodia |
| 1820s | 3.1% | 1.6% | 1.4% | Cambodia |
| 1830s | 3.4% | 1.9% | 1.4% | Cambodia |
| 1840s | 3.7% | 2.3% | 1.3% | Cambodia |
| 1850s | 4.0% | 2.8% | 1.2% | Cambodia |
| 1860s | 4.4% | 3.4% | 1.0% | Cambodia |
| 1870s | 4.8% | 4.0% | 0.8% | Cambodia |
| 1880s | 5.3% | 4.8% | 0.4% | Cambodia |
| 1890s | 5.8% | 5.8% | 0.0% | Faroe Islands |
| 1900s | 6.3% | 7.0% | 0.6% | Faroe Islands |
| 1910s | 6.9% | 8.4% | 1.4% | Faroe Islands |
| 1920s | 7.6% | 10.1% | 2.4% | Faroe Islands |
| 1930s | 8.3% | 12.1% | 3.7% | Faroe Islands |
| 1940s | 9.1% | 14.5% | 5.3% | Faroe Islands |
| 1950s | 8.9% | 18.7% | 9.8% | Faroe Islands |
| 1960s | 10.8% | 24.3% | 13.5% | Faroe Islands |
| 1970s | 15.2% | 30.3% | 15.1% | Faroe Islands |
| 1980s | 14.0% | 32.3% | 18.3% | Faroe Islands |
| 1990s | 17.3% | 34.5% | 17.2% | Faroe Islands |
| 2000s | 19.2% | 36.2% | 17.1% | Faroe Islands |
| 2010s | 29.6% | 37.9% | 8.3% | Faroe Islands |
| 2020s | 40.5% | 39.1% | 1.4% | Cambodia |
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 Faroe Islands?
- Cambodia, at 41.1% against 39.6% in Faroe Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Cambodia and Faroe Islands?
- 1.5%, with Cambodia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Faroe Islands?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Cambodia and Faroe Islands rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Cambodia ranks 185th and Faroe Islands ranks 188th 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.