Statizoid

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 0.6%.

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.

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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 modelled historical data.