China vs Suriname: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

China
66.3%
in 2025
Suriname
65.8%
in 2025
China rank
117th
Suriname rank
120th

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

  • China
  • Suriname
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How they compare

China currently reports 66.3% against 65.8% in Suriname, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was China ahead.

China ranks 117th and Suriname ranks 120th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, China averaged higher in 15 and Suriname in 25.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Suriname Difference Ahead
1000s 5.0% 0.0% 5.0% China
1100s 5.0% 0.0% 5.0% China
1200s 5.0% 0.0% 5.0% China
1300s 5.0% 0.0% 5.0% China
1400s 5.0% 0.1% 4.9% China
1500s 6.5% 0.3% 6.2% China
1600s 7.0% 0.8% 6.2% China
1700s 6.0% 2.5% 3.5% China
1710s 6.0% 2.8% 3.2% China
1720s 6.0% 3.1% 2.9% China
1730s 6.0% 3.5% 2.5% China
1740s 6.0% 4.0% 2.0% China
1750s 6.0% 4.4% 1.6% China
1760s 6.0% 5.0% 1.0% China
1770s 6.0% 5.6% 0.4% China
1780s 6.0% 6.3% 0.3% Suriname
1790s 6.0% 7.1% 1.1% Suriname
1800s 6.0% 8.0% 2.0% Suriname
1810s 6.0% 9.0% 3.0% Suriname
1820s 6.0% 10.1% 4.1% Suriname
1830s 6.1% 11.4% 5.3% Suriname
1840s 6.1% 12.8% 6.7% Suriname
1850s 6.2% 14.4% 8.3% Suriname
1860s 6.2% 16.2% 10.0% Suriname
1870s 6.3% 18.3% 12.0% Suriname
1880s 6.4% 20.6% 14.2% Suriname
1890s 6.4% 23.1% 16.7% Suriname
1900s 6.5% 26.0% 19.5% Suriname
1910s 6.6% 29.3% 22.7% Suriname
1920s 6.6% 32.9% 26.3% Suriname
1930s 7.0% 37.0% 30.0% Suriname
1940s 8.0% 41.7% 33.7% Suriname
1950s 14.0% 47.7% 33.7% Suriname
1960s 18.0% 64.9% 46.9% Suriname
1970s 17.5% 66.0% 48.4% Suriname
1980s 23.0% 66.2% 43.2% Suriname
1990s 29.7% 66.5% 36.9% Suriname
2000s 42.4% 66.7% 24.3% Suriname
2010s 56.5% 66.2% 9.7% Suriname
2020s 65.2% 65.9% 0.7% Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, China or Suriname?
China, at 66.3% against 65.8% in Suriname as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between China and Suriname?
0.5%, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Suriname?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do China and Suriname rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
China ranks 117th and Suriname ranks 120th 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
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Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.