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

French Polynesia

61.8%

in 2025

Thailand

62.8%

in 2025

French Polynesia rank

136th

Thailand rank

133rd

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

Thailand currently reports 62.8% against 61.8% in French Polynesia, a difference of 1.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was French Polynesia ahead.

French Polynesia ranks 136th and Thailand ranks 133rd 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.