French Guiana vs Peru: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
French Guiana
86.6%
in 2025
Peru
85.6%
in 2025
French Guiana rank
53rd
Peru rank
56th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- French Guiana
- Peru
How they compare
French Guiana currently reports 86.6% against 85.6% in Peru, a difference of 1.0%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, French Guiana has been ahead every year.
French Guiana ranks 53rd and Peru ranks 56th of 238 countries.
French Guiana has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | French Guiana | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | French Guiana |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | French Guiana |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | French Guiana |
| 1300s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | French Guiana |
| 1400s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | French Guiana |
| 1500s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | French Guiana |
| 1600s | 1.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | French Guiana |
| 1700s | 5.4% | 4.0% | 1.4% | French Guiana |
| 1710s | 6.0% | 4.5% | 1.5% | French Guiana |
| 1720s | 6.6% | 4.9% | 1.7% | French Guiana |
| 1730s | 7.3% | 5.4% | 1.8% | French Guiana |
| 1740s | 7.9% | 5.9% | 2.0% | French Guiana |
| 1750s | 8.7% | 6.5% | 2.2% | French Guiana |
| 1760s | 9.5% | 7.1% | 2.4% | French Guiana |
| 1770s | 10.4% | 7.8% | 2.6% | French Guiana |
| 1780s | 11.4% | 8.5% | 2.9% | French Guiana |
| 1790s | 12.5% | 9.3% | 3.2% | French Guiana |
| 1800s | 13.7% | 10.2% | 3.5% | French Guiana |
| 1810s | 15.0% | 11.2% | 3.8% | French Guiana |
| 1820s | 16.4% | 12.3% | 4.2% | French Guiana |
| 1830s | 18.0% | 13.4% | 4.6% | French Guiana |
| 1840s | 19.7% | 14.7% | 5.0% | French Guiana |
| 1850s | 21.6% | 16.1% | 5.5% | French Guiana |
| 1860s | 23.7% | 17.7% | 6.0% | French Guiana |
| 1870s | 25.9% | 19.4% | 6.6% | French Guiana |
| 1880s | 28.4% | 21.2% | 7.2% | French Guiana |
| 1890s | 31.1% | 23.2% | 7.9% | French Guiana |
| 1900s | 34.1% | 25.4% | 8.6% | French Guiana |
| 1910s | 37.3% | 27.8% | 9.5% | French Guiana |
| 1920s | 40.9% | 30.5% | 10.4% | French Guiana |
| 1930s | 44.7% | 33.4% | 11.4% | French Guiana |
| 1940s | 49.0% | 36.5% | 12.5% | French Guiana |
| 1950s | 58.7% | 42.8% | 15.9% | French Guiana |
| 1960s | 65.5% | 51.2% | 14.3% | French Guiana |
| 1970s | 68.8% | 61.2% | 7.6% | French Guiana |
| 1980s | 72.3% | 66.7% | 5.6% | French Guiana |
| 1990s | 78.7% | 70.7% | 8.1% | French Guiana |
| 2000s | 82.7% | 74.7% | 8.1% | French Guiana |
| 2010s | 86.9% | 80.3% | 6.6% | French Guiana |
| 2020s | 86.5% | 84.6% | 2.0% | French Guiana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, French Guiana or Peru?
- French Guiana, at 86.6% against 85.6% in Peru as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between French Guiana and Peru?
- 1.0%, with French Guiana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for French Guiana and Peru?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do French Guiana and Peru rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- French Guiana ranks 53rd and Peru ranks 56th 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.