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