Dominican Republic vs Equatorial Guinea: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Dominican Republic
72.5%
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
71.6%
in 2025
Dominican Republic rank
96th
Equatorial Guinea rank
98th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Dominican Republic
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Dominican Republic currently reports 72.5% against 71.6% in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.9%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Dominican Republic has been ahead every year.
Dominican Republic ranks 96th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 98th of 238 countries.
Dominican Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominican Republic | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Dominican Republic |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Dominican Republic |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Dominican Republic |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Dominican Republic |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Dominican Republic |
| 1500s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Dominican Republic |
| 1600s | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.8% | Dominican Republic |
| 1700s | 2.4% | 0.0% | 2.4% | Dominican Republic |
| 1710s | 2.7% | 0.0% | 2.7% | Dominican Republic |
| 1720s | 3.0% | 0.0% | 3.0% | Dominican Republic |
| 1730s | 3.3% | 0.0% | 3.3% | Dominican Republic |
| 1740s | 3.6% | 0.0% | 3.6% | Dominican Republic |
| 1750s | 4.0% | 0.0% | 3.9% | Dominican Republic |
| 1760s | 4.3% | 0.1% | 4.3% | Dominican Republic |
| 1770s | 4.7% | 0.1% | 4.7% | Dominican Republic |
| 1780s | 5.2% | 0.1% | 5.1% | Dominican Republic |
| 1790s | 5.7% | 0.2% | 5.5% | Dominican Republic |
| 1800s | 6.2% | 0.2% | 6.0% | Dominican Republic |
| 1810s | 6.8% | 0.3% | 6.5% | Dominican Republic |
| 1820s | 7.5% | 0.4% | 7.1% | Dominican Republic |
| 1830s | 8.2% | 0.5% | 7.7% | Dominican Republic |
| 1840s | 9.0% | 0.7% | 8.3% | Dominican Republic |
| 1850s | 9.8% | 0.9% | 8.9% | Dominican Republic |
| 1860s | 10.7% | 1.2% | 9.6% | Dominican Republic |
| 1870s | 11.8% | 1.5% | 10.2% | Dominican Republic |
| 1880s | 12.9% | 2.1% | 10.8% | Dominican Republic |
| 1890s | 14.1% | 2.8% | 11.4% | Dominican Republic |
| 1900s | 15.5% | 3.7% | 11.8% | Dominican Republic |
| 1910s | 16.9% | 4.9% | 12.0% | Dominican Republic |
| 1920s | 18.5% | 6.5% | 12.0% | Dominican Republic |
| 1930s | 20.3% | 8.7% | 11.6% | Dominican Republic |
| 1940s | 22.2% | 11.6% | 10.7% | Dominican Republic |
| 1950s | 26.4% | 21.1% | 5.3% | Dominican Republic |
| 1960s | 34.5% | 26.2% | 8.4% | Dominican Republic |
| 1970s | 45.6% | 26.2% | 19.3% | Dominican Republic |
| 1980s | 53.4% | 28.3% | 25.1% | Dominican Republic |
| 1990s | 57.2% | 38.1% | 19.1% | Dominican Republic |
| 2000s | 67.1% | 42.8% | 24.3% | Dominican Republic |
| 2010s | 74.0% | 64.4% | 9.7% | Dominican Republic |
| 2020s | 72.6% | 71.0% | 1.7% | Dominican Republic |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Dominican Republic or Equatorial Guinea?
- Dominican Republic, at 72.5% against 71.6% in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Dominican Republic and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.9%, with Dominican Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Equatorial Guinea?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Dominican Republic and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Dominican Republic ranks 96th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 98th 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.