Faroe Islands vs Pakistan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Faroe Islands
39.6%
in 2025
Pakistan
39.5%
in 2025
Faroe Islands rank
188th
Pakistan rank
189th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Faroe Islands
- Pakistan
How they compare
Faroe Islands currently reports 39.6% against 39.5% in Pakistan, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Pakistan ahead.
Faroe Islands ranks 188th and Pakistan ranks 189th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Faroe Islands averaged higher in 7 and Pakistan in 33.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Faroe Islands | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Pakistan |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Pakistan |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Pakistan |
| 1700s | 0.2% | 1.9% | 1.7% | Pakistan |
| 1710s | 0.2% | 2.2% | 1.9% | Pakistan |
| 1720s | 0.3% | 2.4% | 2.1% | Pakistan |
| 1730s | 0.3% | 2.6% | 2.3% | Pakistan |
| 1740s | 0.4% | 2.8% | 2.5% | Pakistan |
| 1750s | 0.5% | 3.1% | 2.7% | Pakistan |
| 1760s | 0.5% | 3.4% | 2.9% | Pakistan |
| 1770s | 0.7% | 3.7% | 3.1% | Pakistan |
| 1780s | 0.8% | 4.1% | 3.3% | Pakistan |
| 1790s | 0.9% | 4.5% | 3.5% | Pakistan |
| 1800s | 1.1% | 4.9% | 3.8% | Pakistan |
| 1810s | 1.4% | 5.4% | 4.0% | Pakistan |
| 1820s | 1.6% | 5.9% | 4.3% | Pakistan |
| 1830s | 1.9% | 6.5% | 4.5% | Pakistan |
| 1840s | 2.3% | 7.1% | 4.7% | Pakistan |
| 1850s | 2.8% | 7.7% | 4.9% | Pakistan |
| 1860s | 3.4% | 8.5% | 5.1% | Pakistan |
| 1870s | 4.0% | 9.3% | 5.2% | Pakistan |
| 1880s | 4.8% | 10.2% | 5.3% | Pakistan |
| 1890s | 5.8% | 11.1% | 5.3% | Pakistan |
| 1900s | 7.0% | 12.2% | 5.2% | Pakistan |
| 1910s | 8.4% | 13.4% | 5.0% | Pakistan |
| 1920s | 10.1% | 14.6% | 4.6% | Pakistan |
| 1930s | 12.1% | 16.0% | 4.0% | Pakistan |
| 1940s | 14.5% | 17.5% | 3.1% | Pakistan |
| 1950s | 18.7% | 19.8% | 1.1% | Pakistan |
| 1960s | 24.3% | 23.5% | 0.7% | Faroe Islands |
| 1970s | 30.3% | 26.2% | 4.0% | Faroe Islands |
| 1980s | 32.3% | 29.3% | 3.0% | Faroe Islands |
| 1990s | 34.5% | 31.8% | 2.7% | Faroe Islands |
| 2000s | 36.2% | 33.8% | 2.4% | Faroe Islands |
| 2010s | 37.9% | 35.8% | 2.1% | Faroe Islands |
| 2020s | 39.1% | 38.6% | 0.6% | 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 Pakistan?
- Faroe Islands, at 39.6% against 39.5% in Pakistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Faroe Islands and Pakistan?
- 0.1%, with Faroe Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Faroe Islands and Pakistan?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Faroe Islands and Pakistan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Faroe Islands ranks 188th and Pakistan ranks 189th 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.