French Guiana vs CHE: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

French Guiana
86.6%
in 2025
CHE
85.7%
in 2025
French Guiana rank
53rd
CHE rank
55th

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

  • French Guiana
  • CHE
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How they compare

French Guiana currently reports 86.6% against 85.7% in CHE, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was French Guiana ahead.

French Guiana ranks 53rd and CHE ranks 55th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, French Guiana averaged higher in 37 and CHE in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade French Guiana CHE 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% 0.1% French Guiana
1400s 0.2% 0.7% 0.5% CHE
1500s 0.6% 2.4% 1.8% CHE
1600s 1.8% 2.5% 0.7% CHE
1700s 5.4% 3.3% 2.1% French Guiana
1710s 6.0% 3.5% 2.5% French Guiana
1720s 6.6% 3.9% 2.7% French Guiana
1730s 7.3% 4.3% 2.9% French Guiana
1740s 7.9% 4.8% 3.1% French Guiana
1750s 8.7% 5.4% 3.3% French Guiana
1760s 9.5% 6.0% 3.6% French Guiana
1770s 10.4% 6.6% 3.8% French Guiana
1780s 11.4% 7.4% 4.1% French Guiana
1790s 12.5% 8.2% 4.3% French Guiana
1800s 13.7% 9.1% 4.6% French Guiana
1810s 15.0% 10.1% 4.9% French Guiana
1820s 16.4% 11.2% 5.2% French Guiana
1830s 18.0% 12.5% 5.6% French Guiana
1840s 19.7% 13.8% 5.9% French Guiana
1850s 21.6% 15.4% 6.2% French Guiana
1860s 23.7% 17.0% 6.7% French Guiana
1870s 25.9% 18.9% 7.1% French Guiana
1880s 28.4% 20.9% 7.5% French Guiana
1890s 31.1% 23.1% 8.0% French Guiana
1900s 34.1% 25.5% 8.6% French Guiana
1910s 37.3% 28.2% 9.1% French Guiana
1920s 40.9% 31.3% 9.5% French Guiana
1930s 44.7% 34.8% 10.0% French Guiana
1940s 49.0% 38.6% 10.5% French Guiana
1950s 58.7% 47.3% 11.4% French Guiana
1960s 65.5% 54.0% 11.5% French Guiana
1970s 68.8% 59.2% 9.6% French Guiana
1980s 72.3% 64.5% 7.9% French Guiana
1990s 78.7% 71.1% 7.6% French Guiana
2000s 82.7% 73.5% 9.3% French Guiana
2010s 86.9% 76.0% 10.9% French Guiana
2020s 86.5% 84.6% 1.9% 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 CHE?
French Guiana, at 86.6% against 85.7% in CHE as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between French Guiana and CHE?
0.9%, with French Guiana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for French Guiana and CHE?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do French Guiana and CHE rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
French Guiana ranks 53rd and CHE ranks 55th 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

Indicator
Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed

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