Falkland Islands vs South Korea: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Falkland Islands
81.5%
in 2025
South Korea
81.2%
in 2025
Falkland Islands rank
63rd
South Korea rank
65th

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

  • Falkland Islands
  • South Korea
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How they compare

Falkland Islands currently reports 81.5% against 81.2% in South Korea, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1400 it was South Korea ahead.

Falkland Islands ranks 63rd and South Korea ranks 65th of 238 countries.

Across the 36 decades both report, Falkland Islands averaged higher in 7 and South Korea in 29.

Head to head by decade

Decade Falkland Islands South Korea Difference Ahead
1400s 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% South Korea
1500s 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% South Korea
1600s 0.0% 0.7% 0.7% South Korea
1700s 0.0% 2.1% 2.1% South Korea
1710s 0.1% 2.4% 2.4% South Korea
1720s 0.1% 2.6% 2.6% South Korea
1730s 0.1% 2.9% 2.8% South Korea
1740s 0.1% 3.2% 3.0% South Korea
1750s 0.2% 3.5% 3.3% South Korea
1760s 0.2% 3.8% 3.6% South Korea
1770s 0.3% 4.2% 3.9% South Korea
1780s 0.4% 4.5% 4.2% South Korea
1790s 0.5% 5.0% 4.5% South Korea
1800s 0.7% 5.5% 4.8% South Korea
1810s 0.9% 6.0% 5.1% South Korea
1820s 1.2% 6.5% 5.3% South Korea
1830s 1.6% 7.2% 5.5% South Korea
1840s 2.2% 7.9% 5.7% South Korea
1850s 2.9% 8.6% 5.7% South Korea
1860s 3.8% 9.4% 5.6% South Korea
1870s 5.1% 10.3% 5.2% South Korea
1880s 6.8% 11.3% 4.5% South Korea
1890s 9.1% 12.4% 3.3% South Korea
1900s 12.1% 13.5% 1.4% South Korea
1910s 16.2% 14.8% 1.3% Falkland Islands
1920s 21.6% 16.3% 5.3% Falkland Islands
1930s 28.8% 17.8% 11.0% Falkland Islands
1940s 38.3% 19.5% 18.8% Falkland Islands
1950s 50.6% 23.9% 26.7% Falkland Islands
1960s 50.6% 32.1% 18.5% Falkland Islands
1970s 56.0% 47.5% 8.4% Falkland Islands
1980s 64.0% 64.3% 0.3% South Korea
1990s 68.8% 77.5% 8.7% South Korea
2000s 70.5% 81.0% 10.5% South Korea
2010s 75.2% 81.7% 6.5% South Korea
2020s 80.5% 81.2% 0.6% South Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Falkland Islands or South Korea?
Falkland Islands, at 81.5% against 81.2% in South Korea as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Falkland Islands and South Korea?
0.3%, with Falkland Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Falkland Islands and South Korea?
104 years are reported by both, from 1400 to 2025.
How do Falkland Islands and South Korea rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Falkland Islands ranks 63rd and South Korea ranks 65th 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.