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

Democratic Republic of Congo

45.1%

in 2025

Zambia

45.9%

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

176th

Zambia rank

174th

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

Zambia currently reports 45.9% against 45.1% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.8%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Zambia ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 176th and Zambia ranks 174th of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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