Cambodia vs Maldives: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Cambodia
41.1%
in 2025
Maldives
42.5%
in 2025
Cambodia rank
185th
Maldives rank
183rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Cambodia
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 42.5% against 41.1% in Cambodia, a difference of 1.4%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Maldives ahead.
Cambodia ranks 185th and Maldives ranks 183rd of 238 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cambodia | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 8.9% | 11.1% | 2.2% | Maldives |
| 1960s | 10.8% | 11.4% | 0.7% | Maldives |
| 1970s | 15.2% | 16.9% | 1.7% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 14.0% | 25.0% | 11.0% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 17.3% | 25.9% | 8.7% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 19.2% | 32.7% | 13.5% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 29.6% | 38.4% | 8.8% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 40.5% | 41.4% | 0.9% | Maldives |
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 Maldives?
- Maldives, at 42.5% 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 Maldives?
- 1.4%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Maldives?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Cambodia and Maldives rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Cambodia ranks 185th and Maldives ranks 183rd 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.