Czechia vs Dominican Republic: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Czechia
72.9%
in 2025
Dominican Republic
72.5%
in 2025
Czechia rank
95th
Dominican Republic rank
96th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Czechia
- Dominican Republic
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 72.9% against 72.5% in Dominican Republic, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Czechia ahead.
Czechia ranks 95th and Dominican Republic ranks 96th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Czechia averaged higher in 39 and Dominican Republic in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Czechia | Dominican Republic | 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% | 0.3% | 4.5% | Czechia |
| 1600s | 4.9% | 0.8% | 4.1% | Czechia |
| 1700s | 4.8% | 2.4% | 2.4% | Czechia |
| 1710s | 5.3% | 2.7% | 2.6% | Czechia |
| 1720s | 5.8% | 3.0% | 2.8% | Czechia |
| 1730s | 6.3% | 3.3% | 3.0% | Czechia |
| 1740s | 6.8% | 3.6% | 3.2% | Czechia |
| 1750s | 7.3% | 4.0% | 3.3% | Czechia |
| 1760s | 7.4% | 4.3% | 3.1% | Czechia |
| 1770s | 7.5% | 4.7% | 2.8% | Czechia |
| 1780s | 7.7% | 5.2% | 2.5% | Czechia |
| 1790s | 7.8% | 5.7% | 2.1% | Czechia |
| 1800s | 7.9% | 6.2% | 1.7% | Czechia |
| 1810s | 8.0% | 6.8% | 1.2% | Czechia |
| 1820s | 9.0% | 7.5% | 1.5% | Czechia |
| 1830s | 10.0% | 8.2% | 1.8% | Czechia |
| 1840s | 11.0% | 9.0% | 2.0% | Czechia |
| 1850s | 13.0% | 9.8% | 3.2% | Czechia |
| 1860s | 15.0% | 10.7% | 4.3% | Czechia |
| 1870s | 17.0% | 11.8% | 5.2% | Czechia |
| 1880s | 20.0% | 12.9% | 7.1% | Czechia |
| 1890s | 23.0% | 14.1% | 8.9% | Czechia |
| 1900s | 26.0% | 15.5% | 10.5% | Czechia |
| 1910s | 28.0% | 16.9% | 11.1% | Czechia |
| 1920s | 32.0% | 18.5% | 13.5% | Czechia |
| 1930s | 36.0% | 20.3% | 15.7% | Czechia |
| 1940s | 42.0% | 22.2% | 19.8% | Czechia |
| 1950s | 56.6% | 26.4% | 30.2% | Czechia |
| 1960s | 61.7% | 34.5% | 27.2% | Czechia |
| 1970s | 67.6% | 45.6% | 22.0% | Czechia |
| 1980s | 75.3% | 53.4% | 22.0% | Czechia |
| 1990s | 74.7% | 57.2% | 17.6% | Czechia |
| 2000s | 73.7% | 67.1% | 6.6% | Czechia |
| 2010s | 73.1% | 74.0% | 1.0% | Dominican Republic |
| 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 Dominican Republic?
- Czechia, at 72.9% against 72.5% in Dominican Republic as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Czechia and Dominican Republic?
- 0.4%, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Dominican Republic?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Czechia and Dominican Republic rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Czechia ranks 95th and Dominican Republic ranks 96th 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 modelled historical data.