Georgia vs Poland: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Georgia
61.2%
in 2025
Poland
60.1%
in 2025
Georgia rank
140th
Poland rank
141st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Georgia
- Poland
How they compare
Georgia currently reports 61.2% against 60.1% in Poland, a difference of 1.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Poland ahead.
Georgia ranks 140th and Poland ranks 141st of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Georgia averaged higher in 1 and Poland in 39.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Georgia | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Poland |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Poland |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | Poland |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 1.5% | 1.5% | Poland |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 4.4% | 4.4% | Poland |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 6.0% | 5.9% | Poland |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 7.6% | 7.3% | Poland |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 4.3% | 3.3% | Poland |
| 1710s | 1.0% | 4.3% | 3.3% | Poland |
| 1720s | 1.0% | 4.3% | 3.3% | Poland |
| 1730s | 1.0% | 4.4% | 3.4% | Poland |
| 1740s | 1.0% | 4.4% | 3.4% | Poland |
| 1750s | 1.0% | 4.4% | 3.4% | Poland |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 4.5% | 3.5% | Poland |
| 1770s | 1.0% | 4.6% | 3.6% | Poland |
| 1780s | 1.0% | 4.6% | 3.6% | Poland |
| 1790s | 1.1% | 4.7% | 3.7% | Poland |
| 1800s | 1.3% | 4.8% | 3.5% | Poland |
| 1810s | 1.6% | 7.0% | 5.4% | Poland |
| 1820s | 2.1% | 9.3% | 7.2% | Poland |
| 1830s | 2.6% | 11.5% | 8.9% | Poland |
| 1840s | 3.2% | 13.7% | 10.5% | Poland |
| 1850s | 4.0% | 16.0% | 12.0% | Poland |
| 1860s | 5.0% | 18.2% | 13.2% | Poland |
| 1870s | 6.3% | 20.5% | 14.2% | Poland |
| 1880s | 7.8% | 22.7% | 14.9% | Poland |
| 1890s | 9.8% | 24.9% | 15.1% | Poland |
| 1900s | 12.2% | 27.2% | 14.9% | Poland |
| 1910s | 15.3% | 29.4% | 14.1% | Poland |
| 1920s | 19.1% | 31.6% | 12.5% | Poland |
| 1930s | 23.9% | 33.9% | 10.0% | Poland |
| 1940s | 29.9% | 36.1% | 6.2% | Poland |
| 1950s | 39.4% | 43.3% | 3.9% | Poland |
| 1960s | 45.4% | 50.0% | 4.5% | Poland |
| 1970s | 49.9% | 54.9% | 5.0% | Poland |
| 1980s | 53.9% | 60.0% | 6.1% | Poland |
| 1990s | 53.9% | 61.5% | 7.7% | Poland |
| 2000s | 53.2% | 61.5% | 8.3% | Poland |
| 2010s | 57.1% | 60.4% | 3.3% | Poland |
| 2020s | 60.2% | 59.9% | 0.3% | Georgia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Georgia or Poland?
- Georgia, at 61.2% against 60.1% in Poland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Georgia and Poland?
- 1.1%, with Georgia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Georgia and Poland?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Georgia and Poland rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Georgia ranks 140th and Poland ranks 141st 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 modeled historical data.