Gambia vs Ireland: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Gambia
65.0%
in 2025
Ireland
64.6%
in 2025
Gambia rank
123rd
Ireland rank
124th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Gambia
- Ireland
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 65.0% against 64.6% in Ireland, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 123rd and Ireland ranks 124th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 7 and Ireland in 33.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Gambia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Gambia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Gambia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Gambia |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Gambia |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Gambia |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Gambia |
| 1700s | 0.9% | 3.4% | 2.5% | Ireland |
| 1710s | 1.0% | 4.9% | 3.9% | Ireland |
| 1720s | 1.1% | 6.4% | 5.3% | Ireland |
| 1730s | 1.2% | 7.9% | 6.7% | Ireland |
| 1740s | 1.3% | 9.4% | 8.1% | Ireland |
| 1750s | 1.4% | 10.9% | 9.5% | Ireland |
| 1760s | 1.5% | 12.4% | 10.9% | Ireland |
| 1770s | 1.7% | 13.9% | 12.2% | Ireland |
| 1780s | 1.8% | 15.4% | 13.6% | Ireland |
| 1790s | 2.0% | 16.9% | 14.9% | Ireland |
| 1800s | 2.2% | 18.4% | 16.2% | Ireland |
| 1810s | 2.4% | 19.9% | 17.5% | Ireland |
| 1820s | 2.6% | 21.4% | 18.7% | Ireland |
| 1830s | 2.9% | 22.9% | 20.0% | Ireland |
| 1840s | 3.2% | 24.4% | 21.2% | Ireland |
| 1850s | 3.5% | 25.9% | 22.4% | Ireland |
| 1860s | 3.8% | 27.4% | 23.6% | Ireland |
| 1870s | 4.1% | 28.9% | 24.7% | Ireland |
| 1880s | 4.5% | 30.4% | 25.8% | Ireland |
| 1890s | 5.0% | 31.9% | 26.9% | Ireland |
| 1900s | 5.4% | 33.4% | 27.9% | Ireland |
| 1910s | 6.0% | 34.9% | 28.9% | Ireland |
| 1920s | 6.5% | 36.4% | 29.8% | Ireland |
| 1930s | 7.2% | 37.9% | 30.7% | Ireland |
| 1940s | 7.8% | 39.4% | 31.5% | Ireland |
| 1950s | 10.1% | 42.9% | 32.8% | Ireland |
| 1960s | 9.8% | 48.1% | 38.3% | Ireland |
| 1970s | 18.6% | 53.7% | 35.0% | Ireland |
| 1980s | 31.7% | 56.2% | 24.5% | Ireland |
| 1990s | 39.6% | 57.8% | 18.3% | Ireland |
| 2000s | 51.6% | 60.4% | 8.7% | Ireland |
| 2010s | 58.9% | 62.6% | 3.7% | Ireland |
| 2020s | 63.6% | 64.0% | 0.5% | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Gambia or Ireland?
- Gambia, at 65.0% against 64.6% in Ireland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Gambia and Ireland?
- 0.4%, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Ireland?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Ireland rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Gambia ranks 123rd and Ireland ranks 124th 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 modelled historical data.