Gambia vs Montenegro: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Gambia
65.0%
in 2025
Montenegro
65.6%
in 2025
Gambia rank
123rd
Montenegro rank
121st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Gambia
- Montenegro
How they compare
Montenegro currently reports 65.6% against 65.0% in Gambia, a difference of 0.6%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Montenegro has been ahead every year.
Gambia ranks 123rd and Montenegro ranks 121st of 238 countries.
Montenegro has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Montenegro | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10.1% | 16.9% | 6.8% | Montenegro |
| 1960s | 9.8% | 28.8% | 19.0% | Montenegro |
| 1970s | 18.6% | 38.7% | 20.1% | Montenegro |
| 1980s | 31.7% | 46.7% | 15.1% | Montenegro |
| 1990s | 39.6% | 52.6% | 13.1% | Montenegro |
| 2000s | 51.6% | 62.1% | 10.5% | Montenegro |
| 2010s | 58.9% | 64.8% | 5.9% | Montenegro |
| 2020s | 63.6% | 65.4% | 1.9% | Montenegro |
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 Montenegro?
- Montenegro, at 65.6% against 65.0% in Gambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Gambia and Montenegro?
- 0.6%, with Montenegro ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Montenegro?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Montenegro rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Gambia ranks 123rd and Montenegro ranks 121st 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.