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
- Kiribati
How they compare
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.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Kiribati | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 31.3% | 12.5% | 18.8% | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 36.9% | 19.9% | 17.0% | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 42.1% | 27.7% | 14.5% | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 50.9% | 33.5% | 17.4% | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 57.8% | 37.2% | 20.6% | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 61.8% | 44.3% | 17.6% | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 62.9% | 51.4% | 11.5% | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 63.2% | 61.0% | 2.2% | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Ecuador or Kiribati?
- Ecuador, at 63.4% against 63.4% in Kiribati as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Ecuador and Kiribati?
- 0.0%, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Kiribati?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Kiribati rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Ecuador ranks 129th and Kiribati ranks 130th 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 modeled historical data.