France vs Malaysia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
France
78.8%
in 2025
Malaysia
77.4%
in 2025
France rank
79th
Malaysia rank
82nd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- France
- Malaysia
How they compare
France currently reports 78.8% against 77.4% in Malaysia, a difference of 1.4%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.
France ranks 79th and Malaysia ranks 82nd of 238 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 3.6% | 0.0% | 3.6% | France |
| 1100s | 4.9% | 0.0% | 4.9% | France |
| 1200s | 5.7% | 0.0% | 5.7% | France |
| 1300s | 5.5% | 0.0% | 5.5% | France |
| 1400s | 6.1% | 0.1% | 6.0% | France |
| 1500s | 6.7% | 0.2% | 6.5% | France |
| 1600s | 6.8% | 0.7% | 6.2% | France |
| 1700s | 7.0% | 2.0% | 5.0% | France |
| 1710s | 8.9% | 2.3% | 6.6% | France |
| 1720s | 10.9% | 2.5% | 8.3% | France |
| 1730s | 12.8% | 2.8% | 10.0% | France |
| 1740s | 14.7% | 3.0% | 11.7% | France |
| 1750s | 16.6% | 3.3% | 13.3% | France |
| 1760s | 18.6% | 3.6% | 14.9% | France |
| 1770s | 20.5% | 4.0% | 16.5% | France |
| 1780s | 22.4% | 4.3% | 18.1% | France |
| 1790s | 24.3% | 4.7% | 19.6% | France |
| 1800s | 26.3% | 5.2% | 21.1% | France |
| 1810s | 28.2% | 5.7% | 22.5% | France |
| 1820s | 30.1% | 6.2% | 23.9% | France |
| 1830s | 32.0% | 6.8% | 25.2% | France |
| 1840s | 34.0% | 7.5% | 26.5% | France |
| 1850s | 35.9% | 8.2% | 27.7% | France |
| 1860s | 37.8% | 9.0% | 28.8% | France |
| 1870s | 39.8% | 9.8% | 29.9% | France |
| 1880s | 41.7% | 10.8% | 30.9% | France |
| 1890s | 43.6% | 11.8% | 31.8% | France |
| 1900s | 45.5% | 12.9% | 32.6% | France |
| 1910s | 47.5% | 14.2% | 33.3% | France |
| 1920s | 49.4% | 15.5% | 33.9% | France |
| 1930s | 51.3% | 17.0% | 34.3% | France |
| 1940s | 53.2% | 18.6% | 34.6% | France |
| 1950s | 57.7% | 23.3% | 34.5% | France |
| 1960s | 66.4% | 27.6% | 38.8% | France |
| 1970s | 72.7% | 31.3% | 41.4% | France |
| 1980s | 73.6% | 40.2% | 33.3% | France |
| 1990s | 75.0% | 55.1% | 19.9% | France |
| 2000s | 77.2% | 66.4% | 10.8% | France |
| 2010s | 77.8% | 73.1% | 4.8% | France |
| 2020s | 78.8% | 76.2% | 2.6% | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, France or Malaysia?
- France, at 78.8% against 77.4% in Malaysia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between France and Malaysia?
- 1.4%, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Malaysia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do France and Malaysia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- France ranks 79th and Malaysia ranks 82nd 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 modeled historical data.