Gambia vs Tuvalu: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Gambia
65.0%
in 2025
Tuvalu
65.4%
in 2025
Gambia rank
123rd
Tuvalu rank
122nd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Gambia
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Tuvalu currently reports 65.4% against 65.0% in Gambia, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tuvalu ahead.
Gambia ranks 123rd and Tuvalu ranks 122nd of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 2 and Tuvalu in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10.1% | 12.1% | 2.1% | Tuvalu |
| 1960s | 9.8% | 13.2% | 3.4% | Tuvalu |
| 1970s | 18.6% | 19.1% | 0.5% | Tuvalu |
| 1980s | 31.7% | 34.1% | 2.4% | Tuvalu |
| 1990s | 39.6% | 42.6% | 3.1% | Tuvalu |
| 2000s | 51.6% | 49.3% | 2.4% | Gambia |
| 2010s | 58.9% | 58.4% | 0.5% | Gambia |
| 2020s | 63.6% | 63.7% | 0.1% | Tuvalu |
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 Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu, at 65.4% 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 Tuvalu?
- 0.4%, with Tuvalu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Tuvalu?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Tuvalu rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Gambia ranks 123rd and Tuvalu ranks 122nd 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.