Eswatini vs Tajikistan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Eswatini
26.7%
in 2025
Tajikistan
26.2%
in 2025
Eswatini rank
219th
Tajikistan rank
221st

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

  • Eswatini
  • Tajikistan
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How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 26.7% against 26.2% in Tajikistan, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Tajikistan ahead.

Eswatini ranks 219th and Tajikistan ranks 221st of 238 countries.

Tajikistan has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Tajikistan Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Tajikistan
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Tajikistan
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Tajikistan
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Tajikistan
1400s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Tajikistan
1500s 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% Tajikistan
1600s 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% Tajikistan
1700s 0.2% 1.0% 0.8% Tajikistan
1710s 0.2% 1.0% 0.8% Tajikistan
1720s 0.2% 1.0% 0.8% Tajikistan
1730s 0.2% 1.0% 0.8% Tajikistan
1740s 0.3% 1.0% 0.7% Tajikistan
1750s 0.3% 1.0% 0.7% Tajikistan
1760s 0.3% 1.0% 0.7% Tajikistan
1770s 0.3% 1.0% 0.7% Tajikistan
1780s 0.4% 1.0% 0.6% Tajikistan
1790s 0.4% 1.0% 0.6% Tajikistan
1800s 0.4% 1.0% 0.6% Tajikistan
1810s 0.5% 1.3% 0.8% Tajikistan
1820s 0.5% 1.6% 1.1% Tajikistan
1830s 0.6% 2.0% 1.4% Tajikistan
1840s 0.6% 2.5% 1.9% Tajikistan
1850s 0.7% 3.2% 2.4% Tajikistan
1860s 0.8% 3.9% 3.2% Tajikistan
1870s 0.8% 4.9% 4.1% Tajikistan
1880s 0.9% 6.2% 5.2% Tajikistan
1890s 1.0% 7.7% 6.7% Tajikistan
1900s 1.1% 9.6% 8.5% Tajikistan
1910s 1.2% 12.0% 10.8% Tajikistan
1920s 1.3% 15.0% 13.7% Tajikistan
1930s 1.5% 18.8% 17.3% Tajikistan
1940s 1.6% 23.5% 21.9% Tajikistan
1950s 2.3% 29.8% 27.5% Tajikistan
1960s 6.4% 35.6% 29.1% Tajikistan
1970s 13.9% 35.9% 22.0% Tajikistan
1980s 21.6% 33.4% 11.7% Tajikistan
1990s 23.0% 29.0% 5.9% Tajikistan
2000s 22.4% 26.5% 4.2% Tajikistan
2010s 23.2% 26.4% 3.2% Tajikistan
2020s 25.6% 26.2% 0.5% Tajikistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Eswatini or Tajikistan?
Eswatini, at 26.7% against 26.2% in Tajikistan as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Eswatini and Tajikistan?
0.5%, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Tajikistan?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Eswatini and Tajikistan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Eswatini ranks 219th and Tajikistan ranks 221st 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

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

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