Egypt vs Moldova: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Egypt
42.9%
in 2025
Moldova
43.7%
in 2025
Egypt rank
182nd
Moldova rank
180th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Egypt
- Moldova
How they compare
Moldova currently reports 43.7% against 42.9% in Egypt, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 182nd and Moldova ranks 180th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 39 and Moldova in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Moldova | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 2.4% | 0.0% | 2.4% | Egypt |
| 1100s | 2.5% | 0.0% | 2.5% | Egypt |
| 1200s | 2.6% | 0.0% | 2.6% | Egypt |
| 1300s | 2.8% | 0.0% | 2.8% | Egypt |
| 1400s | 2.9% | 0.0% | 2.9% | Egypt |
| 1500s | 3.0% | 0.1% | 2.9% | Egypt |
| 1600s | 3.2% | 0.3% | 2.8% | Egypt |
| 1700s | 3.3% | 1.0% | 2.3% | Egypt |
| 1710s | 3.7% | 1.0% | 2.7% | Egypt |
| 1720s | 4.1% | 1.0% | 3.1% | Egypt |
| 1730s | 4.5% | 1.0% | 3.5% | Egypt |
| 1740s | 4.9% | 1.0% | 3.9% | Egypt |
| 1750s | 5.4% | 1.0% | 4.4% | Egypt |
| 1760s | 5.9% | 1.0% | 4.9% | Egypt |
| 1770s | 6.4% | 1.0% | 5.4% | Egypt |
| 1780s | 7.1% | 1.0% | 6.1% | Egypt |
| 1790s | 7.7% | 1.0% | 6.7% | Egypt |
| 1800s | 8.5% | 1.0% | 7.5% | Egypt |
| 1810s | 9.3% | 1.0% | 8.3% | Egypt |
| 1820s | 10.2% | 1.0% | 9.2% | Egypt |
| 1830s | 11.1% | 1.1% | 10.0% | Egypt |
| 1840s | 12.2% | 1.4% | 10.8% | Egypt |
| 1850s | 13.4% | 1.8% | 11.6% | Egypt |
| 1860s | 14.6% | 2.2% | 12.4% | Egypt |
| 1870s | 16.0% | 2.8% | 13.2% | Egypt |
| 1880s | 17.5% | 3.5% | 14.1% | Egypt |
| 1890s | 19.2% | 4.3% | 14.9% | Egypt |
| 1900s | 21.0% | 5.4% | 15.6% | Egypt |
| 1910s | 23.0% | 6.8% | 16.3% | Egypt |
| 1920s | 25.2% | 8.4% | 16.8% | Egypt |
| 1930s | 27.6% | 10.6% | 17.1% | Egypt |
| 1940s | 30.3% | 13.2% | 17.1% | Egypt |
| 1950s | 34.3% | 19.9% | 14.4% | Egypt |
| 1960s | 40.3% | 26.9% | 13.4% | Egypt |
| 1970s | 43.4% | 35.9% | 7.6% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 43.9% | 43.3% | 0.6% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 42.9% | 44.9% | 2.0% | Moldova |
| 2000s | 42.9% | 39.5% | 3.3% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 42.7% | 39.8% | 2.9% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 42.7% | 42.6% | 0.1% | 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 Moldova?
- Moldova, at 43.7% against 42.9% in Egypt as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Egypt and Moldova?
- 0.8%, with Moldova ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Moldova?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Moldova rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Egypt ranks 182nd and Moldova ranks 180th 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.