French Polynesia vs Mauritania: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

French Polynesia

61.8%

in 2025

Mauritania

61.5%

in 2025

French Polynesia rank

136th

Mauritania rank

139th

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

French Polynesia currently reports 61.8% against 61.5% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.3%.

Across all 76 years both countries report, French Polynesia has been ahead every year.

French Polynesia ranks 136th and Mauritania ranks 139th of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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