Faroe Islands vs Laos: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Faroe Islands
39.6%
in 2025
Laos
40.3%
in 2025
Faroe Islands rank
188th
Laos rank
187th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Faroe Islands
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 40.3% against 39.6% in Faroe Islands, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Laos ahead.
Faroe Islands ranks 188th and Laos ranks 187th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Faroe Islands averaged higher in 26 and Laos in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Faroe Islands | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1700s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Laos |
| 1710s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Laos |
| 1720s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Laos |
| 1730s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Laos |
| 1740s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Laos |
| 1750s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1760s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1770s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Faroe Islands |
| 1780s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.0% | Faroe Islands |
| 1790s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Faroe Islands |
| 1800s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Faroe Islands |
| 1810s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.2% | Faroe Islands |
| 1820s | 1.6% | 1.3% | 0.4% | Faroe Islands |
| 1830s | 1.9% | 1.4% | 0.5% | Faroe Islands |
| 1840s | 2.3% | 1.6% | 0.7% | Faroe Islands |
| 1850s | 2.8% | 1.9% | 0.9% | Faroe Islands |
| 1860s | 3.4% | 2.2% | 1.2% | Faroe Islands |
| 1870s | 4.0% | 2.5% | 1.6% | Faroe Islands |
| 1880s | 4.8% | 2.8% | 2.0% | Faroe Islands |
| 1890s | 5.8% | 3.2% | 2.6% | Faroe Islands |
| 1900s | 7.0% | 3.7% | 3.3% | Faroe Islands |
| 1910s | 8.4% | 4.2% | 4.2% | Faroe Islands |
| 1920s | 10.1% | 4.8% | 5.2% | Faroe Islands |
| 1930s | 12.1% | 5.5% | 6.6% | Faroe Islands |
| 1940s | 14.5% | 6.3% | 8.2% | Faroe Islands |
| 1950s | 18.7% | 7.7% | 11.0% | Faroe Islands |
| 1960s | 24.3% | 8.3% | 15.9% | Faroe Islands |
| 1970s | 30.3% | 10.9% | 19.4% | Faroe Islands |
| 1980s | 32.3% | 13.7% | 18.7% | Faroe Islands |
| 1990s | 34.5% | 17.5% | 17.0% | Faroe Islands |
| 2000s | 36.2% | 26.6% | 9.7% | Faroe Islands |
| 2010s | 37.9% | 33.1% | 4.8% | Faroe Islands |
| 2020s | 39.1% | 38.5% | 0.7% | Faroe Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Faroe Islands or Laos?
- Laos, at 40.3% against 39.6% in Faroe Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Faroe Islands and Laos?
- 0.7%, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Faroe Islands and Laos?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Faroe Islands and Laos rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Faroe Islands ranks 188th and Laos ranks 187th 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.