Statizoid

Ethiopia vs Micronesia (country): Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Ethiopia
24.1%
in 2025
Micronesia (country)
22.5%
in 2025
Ethiopia rank
225th
Micronesia (country) rank
226th

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

  • Ethiopia
  • Micronesia (country)
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 24.1% against 22.5% in Micronesia (country), a difference of 1.6%.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.1 times Micronesia (country)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Micronesia (country) ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 225th and Micronesia (country) ranks 226th of 238 countries.

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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.