Egypt vs Maldives: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Egypt
42.9%
in 2025
Maldives
42.5%
in 2025
Egypt rank
182nd
Maldives rank
183rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Egypt
- Maldives
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 42.9% against 42.5% in Maldives, a difference of 0.4%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 182nd and Maldives ranks 183rd of 238 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 34.3% | 11.1% | 23.2% | Egypt |
| 1960s | 40.3% | 11.4% | 28.9% | Egypt |
| 1970s | 43.4% | 16.9% | 26.6% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 43.9% | 25.0% | 19.0% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 42.9% | 25.9% | 17.0% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 42.9% | 32.7% | 10.2% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 42.7% | 38.4% | 4.3% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 42.7% | 41.4% | 1.3% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Egypt or Maldives?
- Egypt, at 42.9% against 42.5% in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Egypt and Maldives?
- 0.4%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Maldives?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Maldives rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Egypt ranks 182nd and Maldives ranks 183rd 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.