Colombia vs Malaysia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Colombia
78.8%
in 2025
Malaysia
77.4%
in 2025
Colombia rank
80th
Malaysia rank
82nd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Colombia
- Malaysia
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 78.8% against 77.4% in Malaysia, a difference of 1.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Malaysia ahead.
Colombia ranks 80th and Malaysia ranks 82nd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 34 and Malaysia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Malaysia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Malaysia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Malaysia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Malaysia |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Malaysia |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Malaysia |
| 1600s | 2.0% | 0.7% | 1.3% | Colombia |
| 1700s | 7.9% | 2.0% | 5.9% | Colombia |
| 1710s | 8.5% | 2.3% | 6.2% | Colombia |
| 1720s | 9.1% | 2.5% | 6.6% | Colombia |
| 1730s | 9.7% | 2.8% | 6.9% | Colombia |
| 1740s | 10.3% | 3.0% | 7.3% | Colombia |
| 1750s | 10.9% | 3.3% | 7.6% | Colombia |
| 1760s | 11.5% | 3.6% | 7.8% | Colombia |
| 1770s | 12.0% | 4.0% | 8.1% | Colombia |
| 1780s | 12.6% | 4.3% | 8.3% | Colombia |
| 1790s | 13.2% | 4.7% | 8.5% | Colombia |
| 1800s | 15.0% | 5.2% | 9.8% | Colombia |
| 1810s | 16.4% | 5.7% | 10.7% | Colombia |
| 1820s | 17.8% | 6.2% | 11.6% | Colombia |
| 1830s | 19.2% | 6.8% | 12.4% | Colombia |
| 1840s | 20.6% | 7.5% | 13.1% | Colombia |
| 1850s | 22.0% | 8.2% | 13.8% | Colombia |
| 1860s | 23.3% | 9.0% | 14.3% | Colombia |
| 1870s | 24.6% | 9.8% | 14.7% | Colombia |
| 1880s | 25.9% | 10.8% | 15.1% | Colombia |
| 1890s | 27.1% | 11.8% | 15.3% | Colombia |
| 1900s | 28.4% | 12.9% | 15.5% | Colombia |
| 1910s | 29.7% | 14.2% | 15.6% | Colombia |
| 1920s | 31.0% | 15.5% | 15.5% | Colombia |
| 1930s | 31.3% | 17.0% | 14.3% | Colombia |
| 1940s | 31.5% | 18.6% | 12.9% | Colombia |
| 1950s | 42.9% | 23.3% | 19.7% | Colombia |
| 1960s | 52.6% | 27.6% | 24.9% | Colombia |
| 1970s | 61.6% | 31.3% | 30.3% | Colombia |
| 1980s | 66.9% | 40.2% | 26.6% | Colombia |
| 1990s | 71.6% | 55.1% | 16.5% | Colombia |
| 2000s | 75.7% | 66.4% | 9.4% | Colombia |
| 2010s | 77.1% | 73.1% | 4.0% | Colombia |
| 2020s | 78.2% | 76.2% | 2.0% | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Colombia or Malaysia?
- Colombia, at 78.8% against 77.4% in Malaysia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Colombia and Malaysia?
- 1.4%, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Malaysia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Malaysia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Colombia ranks 80th and Malaysia ranks 82nd 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.