Czechia vs Djibouti: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Czechia
72.9%
in 2025
Djibouti
73.0%
in 2025
Czechia rank
95th
Djibouti rank
94th

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

  • Czechia
  • Djibouti
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How they compare

Djibouti currently reports 73.0% against 72.9% in Czechia, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Czechia ahead.

Czechia ranks 95th and Djibouti ranks 94th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Czechia averaged higher in 25 and Djibouti in 15.

Head to head by decade

Decade Czechia Djibouti Difference Ahead
1000s 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% Czechia
1100s 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% Czechia
1200s 0.6% 0.0% 0.6% Czechia
1300s 1.7% 0.0% 1.7% Czechia
1400s 5.2% 0.1% 5.1% Czechia
1500s 4.8% 0.4% 4.4% Czechia
1600s 4.9% 1.3% 3.6% Czechia
1700s 4.8% 4.0% 0.8% Czechia
1710s 5.3% 4.5% 0.8% Czechia
1720s 5.8% 4.9% 0.9% Czechia
1730s 6.3% 5.4% 0.9% Czechia
1740s 6.8% 5.9% 0.9% Czechia
1750s 7.3% 6.5% 0.8% Czechia
1760s 7.4% 7.1% 0.4% Czechia
1770s 7.5% 7.7% 0.2% Djibouti
1780s 7.7% 8.5% 0.8% Djibouti
1790s 7.8% 9.3% 1.5% Djibouti
1800s 7.9% 10.2% 2.3% Djibouti
1810s 8.0% 11.1% 3.1% Djibouti
1820s 9.0% 12.2% 3.2% Djibouti
1830s 10.0% 13.4% 3.4% Djibouti
1840s 11.0% 14.6% 3.6% Djibouti
1850s 13.0% 16.0% 3.0% Djibouti
1860s 15.0% 17.6% 2.6% Djibouti
1870s 17.0% 19.2% 2.2% Djibouti
1880s 20.0% 21.1% 1.1% Djibouti
1890s 23.0% 23.1% 0.1% Djibouti
1900s 26.0% 25.3% 0.7% Czechia
1910s 28.0% 27.7% 0.3% Czechia
1920s 32.0% 30.3% 1.7% Czechia
1930s 36.0% 33.2% 2.8% Czechia
1940s 42.0% 36.3% 5.7% Czechia
1950s 56.6% 45.2% 11.4% Czechia
1960s 61.7% 56.2% 5.5% Czechia
1970s 67.6% 68.2% 0.7% Djibouti
1980s 75.3% 74.9% 0.5% Czechia
1990s 74.7% 75.3% 0.6% Djibouti
2000s 73.7% 71.7% 2.0% Czechia
2010s 73.1% 71.0% 2.0% Czechia
2020s 72.8% 72.6% 0.1% Czechia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Czechia or Djibouti?
Djibouti, at 73.0% against 72.9% in Czechia as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Czechia and Djibouti?
0.1%, with Djibouti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Djibouti?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Czechia and Djibouti rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Czechia ranks 95th and Djibouti ranks 94th 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

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.