Congo vs Ecuador: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Congo
64.1%
in 2025
Ecuador
63.4%
in 2025
Congo rank
126th
Ecuador rank
129th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Congo
- Ecuador
How they compare
Congo currently reports 64.1% against 63.4% in Ecuador, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Ecuador ahead.
Congo ranks 126th and Ecuador ranks 129th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 5 and Ecuador in 35.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Ecuador |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Ecuador |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.6% | Ecuador |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 2.8% | 1.8% | Ecuador |
| 1710s | 1.0% | 3.1% | 2.1% | Ecuador |
| 1720s | 1.1% | 3.4% | 2.3% | Ecuador |
| 1730s | 1.3% | 3.7% | 2.4% | Ecuador |
| 1740s | 1.5% | 4.1% | 2.6% | Ecuador |
| 1750s | 1.7% | 4.5% | 2.8% | Ecuador |
| 1760s | 1.9% | 4.9% | 3.0% | Ecuador |
| 1770s | 2.2% | 5.4% | 3.2% | Ecuador |
| 1780s | 2.5% | 5.9% | 3.4% | Ecuador |
| 1790s | 2.9% | 6.4% | 3.6% | Ecuador |
| 1800s | 3.3% | 7.1% | 3.8% | Ecuador |
| 1810s | 3.8% | 7.7% | 4.0% | Ecuador |
| 1820s | 4.3% | 8.5% | 4.2% | Ecuador |
| 1830s | 4.9% | 9.3% | 4.4% | Ecuador |
| 1840s | 5.6% | 10.1% | 4.5% | Ecuador |
| 1850s | 6.4% | 11.1% | 4.7% | Ecuador |
| 1860s | 7.3% | 12.2% | 4.9% | Ecuador |
| 1870s | 8.4% | 13.3% | 5.0% | Ecuador |
| 1880s | 9.6% | 14.6% | 5.0% | Ecuador |
| 1890s | 10.9% | 16.0% | 5.1% | Ecuador |
| 1900s | 12.5% | 17.5% | 5.0% | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 14.3% | 19.2% | 4.9% | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 16.3% | 21.0% | 4.7% | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 18.6% | 23.0% | 4.4% | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 21.3% | 25.2% | 3.9% | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 34.1% | 31.3% | 2.8% | Congo |
| 1960s | 37.3% | 36.9% | 0.4% | Congo |
| 1970s | 40.8% | 42.1% | 1.4% | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 51.3% | 50.9% | 0.5% | Congo |
| 1990s | 56.3% | 57.8% | 1.5% | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 60.9% | 61.8% | 0.9% | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 63.0% | 62.9% | 0.1% | Congo |
| 2020s | 63.8% | 63.2% | 0.6% | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Congo or Ecuador?
- Congo, at 64.1% against 63.4% in Ecuador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Congo and Ecuador?
- 0.7%, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Ecuador?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Congo and Ecuador rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Congo ranks 126th and Ecuador ranks 129th 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.