Curacao vs Gabon: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Curacao
91.5%
in 2025
Gabon
92.1%
in 2025
Curacao rank
37th
Gabon rank
35th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Curacao
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 92.1% against 91.5% in Curacao, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Curacao ahead.
Curacao ranks 37th and Gabon ranks 35th of 238 countries.
Curacao has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Curacao | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 71.4% | 11.8% | 59.6% | Curacao |
| 1960s | 77.0% | 19.8% | 57.2% | Curacao |
| 1970s | 79.9% | 42.6% | 37.3% | Curacao |
| 1980s | 82.4% | 61.7% | 20.7% | Curacao |
| 1990s | 87.1% | 74.3% | 12.7% | Curacao |
| 2000s | 91.1% | 82.9% | 8.2% | Curacao |
| 2010s | 91.3% | 87.9% | 3.4% | Curacao |
| 2020s | 91.4% | 91.3% | 0.1% | Curacao |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Curacao or Gabon?
- Gabon, at 92.1% against 91.5% in Curacao as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Curacao and Gabon?
- 0.6%, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Curacao and Gabon?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Curacao and Gabon rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Curacao ranks 37th and Gabon ranks 35th 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.