Chad vs Guyana: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Chad
27.6%
in 2025
Guyana
26.5%
in 2025
Chad rank
218th
Guyana rank
220th

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

  • Chad
  • Guyana
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How they compare

Chad currently reports 27.6% against 26.5% in Guyana, a difference of 1.1%.

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

Chad ranks 218th and Guyana ranks 220th 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.