Equatorial Guinea vs Syria: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Equatorial Guinea
71.6%
in 2025
Syria
72.1%
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea rank
98th
Syria rank
97th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 72.1% against 71.6% in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.5%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Syria has been ahead every year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 98th and Syria ranks 97th of 238 countries.
Syria has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | Syria |
| 1600s | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | Syria |
| 1700s | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | Syria |
| 1710s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Syria |
| 1720s | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | Syria |
| 1730s | 0.0% | 1.1% | 1.0% | Syria |
| 1740s | 0.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | Syria |
| 1750s | 0.0% | 1.5% | 1.4% | Syria |
| 1760s | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.6% | Syria |
| 1770s | 0.1% | 2.0% | 1.9% | Syria |
| 1780s | 0.1% | 2.3% | 2.2% | Syria |
| 1790s | 0.2% | 2.7% | 2.5% | Syria |
| 1800s | 0.2% | 3.1% | 2.9% | Syria |
| 1810s | 0.3% | 3.7% | 3.4% | Syria |
| 1820s | 0.4% | 4.3% | 3.9% | Syria |
| 1830s | 0.5% | 5.0% | 4.5% | Syria |
| 1840s | 0.7% | 5.8% | 5.2% | Syria |
| 1850s | 0.9% | 6.8% | 5.9% | Syria |
| 1860s | 1.2% | 7.9% | 6.8% | Syria |
| 1870s | 1.5% | 9.2% | 7.7% | Syria |
| 1880s | 2.1% | 10.8% | 8.7% | Syria |
| 1890s | 2.8% | 12.6% | 9.8% | Syria |
| 1900s | 3.7% | 14.7% | 11.0% | Syria |
| 1910s | 4.9% | 17.1% | 12.2% | Syria |
| 1920s | 6.5% | 20.0% | 13.5% | Syria |
| 1930s | 8.7% | 23.3% | 14.6% | Syria |
| 1940s | 11.6% | 27.2% | 15.6% | Syria |
| 1950s | 21.1% | 37.6% | 16.5% | Syria |
| 1960s | 26.2% | 41.5% | 15.4% | Syria |
| 1970s | 26.2% | 45.0% | 18.7% | Syria |
| 1980s | 28.3% | 47.8% | 19.5% | Syria |
| 1990s | 38.1% | 50.0% | 12.0% | Syria |
| 2000s | 42.8% | 53.5% | 10.7% | Syria |
| 2010s | 64.4% | 70.2% | 5.8% | Syria |
| 2020s | 71.0% | 72.6% | 1.6% | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Equatorial Guinea or Syria?
- Syria, at 72.1% against 71.6% in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Equatorial Guinea and Syria?
- 0.5%, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Syria?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Syria rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 98th and Syria ranks 97th 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.