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

French Polynesia
61.8%
in 2025
Serbia
62.6%
in 2025
French Polynesia rank
136th
Serbia rank
134th

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

  • French Polynesia
  • Serbia
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How they compare

Serbia currently reports 62.6% against 61.8% in French Polynesia, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was French Polynesia ahead.

French Polynesia ranks 136th and Serbia ranks 134th of 238 countries.

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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.