Statizoid

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Lesotho: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Democratic Republic of Congo
45.1%
in 2025
Lesotho
44.7%
in 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
176th
Lesotho rank
177th

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

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 45.1% against 44.7% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.4%.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 176th and Lesotho ranks 177th 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.