Ecuador vs Kiribati: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Ecuador

63.4%

in 2025

Kiribati

63.4%

in 2025

Ecuador rank

129th

Kiribati rank

130th

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

Ecuador currently reports 63.4% against 63.4% in Kiribati, a difference of 0.0%.

Across all 76 years both countries report, Ecuador has been ahead every year.

Ecuador ranks 129th and Kiribati ranks 130th of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.