Gambia vs Suriname: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Gambia
65.0%
in 2025
Suriname
65.8%
in 2025
Gambia rank
123rd
Suriname rank
120th

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

  • Gambia
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 65.8% against 65.0% in Gambia, a difference of 0.8%.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Suriname has been ahead every year.

Gambia ranks 123rd and Suriname ranks 120th of 238 countries.

Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gambia Suriname Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Suriname
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Suriname
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Suriname
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Suriname
1400s 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% Suriname
1500s 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% Suriname
1600s 0.3% 0.8% 0.5% Suriname
1700s 0.9% 2.5% 1.6% Suriname
1710s 1.0% 2.8% 1.8% Suriname
1720s 1.1% 3.1% 2.1% Suriname
1730s 1.2% 3.5% 2.4% Suriname
1740s 1.3% 4.0% 2.7% Suriname
1750s 1.4% 4.4% 3.1% Suriname
1760s 1.5% 5.0% 3.5% Suriname
1770s 1.7% 5.6% 4.0% Suriname
1780s 1.8% 6.3% 4.5% Suriname
1790s 2.0% 7.1% 5.1% Suriname
1800s 2.2% 8.0% 5.8% Suriname
1810s 2.4% 9.0% 6.6% Suriname
1820s 2.6% 10.1% 7.5% Suriname
1830s 2.9% 11.4% 8.5% Suriname
1840s 3.2% 12.8% 9.7% Suriname
1850s 3.5% 14.4% 11.0% Suriname
1860s 3.8% 16.2% 12.5% Suriname
1870s 4.1% 18.3% 14.1% Suriname
1880s 4.5% 20.6% 16.0% Suriname
1890s 5.0% 23.1% 18.2% Suriname
1900s 5.4% 26.0% 20.6% Suriname
1910s 6.0% 29.3% 23.3% Suriname
1920s 6.5% 32.9% 26.4% Suriname
1930s 7.2% 37.0% 29.9% Suriname
1940s 7.8% 41.7% 33.8% Suriname
1950s 10.1% 47.7% 37.6% Suriname
1960s 9.8% 64.9% 55.1% Suriname
1970s 18.6% 66.0% 47.4% Suriname
1980s 31.7% 66.2% 34.5% Suriname
1990s 39.6% 66.5% 27.0% Suriname
2000s 51.6% 66.7% 15.0% Suriname
2010s 58.9% 66.2% 7.3% Suriname
2020s 63.6% 65.9% 2.3% Suriname

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 Suriname?
Suriname, at 65.8% 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 Suriname?
0.8%, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Suriname?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Gambia and Suriname rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Gambia ranks 123rd and Suriname ranks 120th 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

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.