Djibouti vs Syria: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Djibouti
73.0%
in 2025
Syria
72.1%
in 2025
Djibouti rank
94th
Syria rank
97th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Djibouti
- Syria
How they compare
Djibouti currently reports 73.0% against 72.1% in Syria, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Syria ahead.
Djibouti ranks 94th and Syria ranks 97th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Djibouti averaged higher in 34 and Syria in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Djibouti | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.7% | Syria |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.6% | Syria |
| 1500s | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Syria |
| 1600s | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.6% | Djibouti |
| 1700s | 4.0% | 0.7% | 3.3% | Djibouti |
| 1710s | 4.5% | 0.8% | 3.7% | Djibouti |
| 1720s | 4.9% | 0.9% | 4.0% | Djibouti |
| 1730s | 5.4% | 1.1% | 4.3% | Djibouti |
| 1740s | 5.9% | 1.2% | 4.6% | Djibouti |
| 1750s | 6.5% | 1.5% | 5.0% | Djibouti |
| 1760s | 7.1% | 1.7% | 5.4% | Djibouti |
| 1770s | 7.7% | 2.0% | 5.8% | Djibouti |
| 1780s | 8.5% | 2.3% | 6.2% | Djibouti |
| 1790s | 9.3% | 2.7% | 6.6% | Djibouti |
| 1800s | 10.2% | 3.1% | 7.0% | Djibouti |
| 1810s | 11.1% | 3.7% | 7.5% | Djibouti |
| 1820s | 12.2% | 4.3% | 7.9% | Djibouti |
| 1830s | 13.4% | 5.0% | 8.4% | Djibouti |
| 1840s | 14.6% | 5.8% | 8.8% | Djibouti |
| 1850s | 16.0% | 6.8% | 9.2% | Djibouti |
| 1860s | 17.6% | 7.9% | 9.6% | Djibouti |
| 1870s | 19.2% | 9.2% | 10.0% | Djibouti |
| 1880s | 21.1% | 10.8% | 10.3% | Djibouti |
| 1890s | 23.1% | 12.6% | 10.5% | Djibouti |
| 1900s | 25.3% | 14.7% | 10.6% | Djibouti |
| 1910s | 27.7% | 17.1% | 10.5% | Djibouti |
| 1920s | 30.3% | 20.0% | 10.3% | Djibouti |
| 1930s | 33.2% | 23.3% | 9.9% | Djibouti |
| 1940s | 36.3% | 27.2% | 9.2% | Djibouti |
| 1950s | 45.2% | 37.6% | 7.6% | Djibouti |
| 1960s | 56.2% | 41.5% | 14.6% | Djibouti |
| 1970s | 68.2% | 45.0% | 23.3% | Djibouti |
| 1980s | 74.9% | 47.8% | 27.1% | Djibouti |
| 1990s | 75.3% | 50.0% | 25.3% | Djibouti |
| 2000s | 71.7% | 53.5% | 18.2% | Djibouti |
| 2010s | 71.0% | 70.2% | 0.9% | Djibouti |
| 2020s | 72.6% | 72.6% | 0.0% | Djibouti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Djibouti or Syria?
- Djibouti, at 73.0% against 72.1% in Syria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Djibouti and Syria?
- 0.9%, with Djibouti ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Syria?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Djibouti and Syria rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Djibouti ranks 94th and Syria ranks 97th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.