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Central African Republic vs Lesotho: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Central African Republic
44.6%
in 2025
Lesotho
44.7%
in 2025
Central African Republic rank
178th
Lesotho rank
177th

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

  • Central African Republic
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 44.7% against 44.6% in Central African Republic, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 178th and Lesotho ranks 177th of 238 countries.

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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 modelled historical data.