Cambodia vs Zimbabwe: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Cambodia
41.1%
in 2025
Zimbabwe
40.5%
in 2025
Cambodia rank
185th
Zimbabwe rank
186th

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

  • Cambodia
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Cambodia currently reports 41.1% against 40.5% in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Cambodia ranks 185th and Zimbabwe ranks 186th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cambodia Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Zimbabwe
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Zimbabwe
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Zimbabwe
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Zimbabwe
1400s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Zimbabwe
1500s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Zimbabwe
1600s 0.3% 0.4% 0.0% Zimbabwe
1700s 1.0% 1.1% 0.1% Zimbabwe
1710s 1.1% 1.2% 0.1% Zimbabwe
1720s 1.2% 1.3% 0.1% Zimbabwe
1730s 1.4% 1.4% 0.1% Zimbabwe
1740s 1.5% 1.6% 0.1% Zimbabwe
1750s 1.6% 1.7% 0.1% Zimbabwe
1760s 1.8% 1.9% 0.1% Zimbabwe
1770s 1.9% 2.1% 0.1% Zimbabwe
1780s 2.1% 2.3% 0.1% Zimbabwe
1790s 2.3% 2.5% 0.2% Zimbabwe
1800s 2.6% 2.7% 0.2% Zimbabwe
1810s 2.8% 3.0% 0.2% Zimbabwe
1820s 3.1% 3.3% 0.2% Zimbabwe
1830s 3.4% 3.6% 0.2% Zimbabwe
1840s 3.7% 3.9% 0.2% Zimbabwe
1850s 4.0% 4.3% 0.3% Zimbabwe
1860s 4.4% 4.7% 0.3% Zimbabwe
1870s 4.8% 5.1% 0.3% Zimbabwe
1880s 5.3% 5.6% 0.3% Zimbabwe
1890s 5.8% 6.2% 0.4% Zimbabwe
1900s 6.3% 6.8% 0.4% Zimbabwe
1910s 6.9% 7.4% 0.4% Zimbabwe
1920s 7.6% 8.1% 0.5% Zimbabwe
1930s 8.3% 8.9% 0.5% Zimbabwe
1940s 9.1% 9.7% 0.6% Zimbabwe
1950s 8.9% 11.3% 2.4% Zimbabwe
1960s 10.8% 14.4% 3.7% Zimbabwe
1970s 15.2% 19.6% 4.4% Zimbabwe
1980s 14.0% 25.4% 11.4% Zimbabwe
1990s 17.3% 31.2% 13.9% Zimbabwe
2000s 19.2% 32.6% 13.4% Zimbabwe
2010s 29.6% 33.8% 4.2% Zimbabwe
2020s 40.5% 38.9% 1.6% 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 Zimbabwe?
Cambodia, at 41.1% against 40.5% in Zimbabwe as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Cambodia and Zimbabwe?
0.6%, with Cambodia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Zimbabwe?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Cambodia and Zimbabwe rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Cambodia ranks 185th and Zimbabwe ranks 186th 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

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 modeled historical data.