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
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
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.