Germany vs South Korea: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Germany

82.1%

in 2025

South Korea

81.2%

in 2025

Germany rank

62nd

South Korea rank

65th

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

Germany currently reports 82.1% against 81.2% in South Korea, a difference of 1.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 62nd and South Korea ranks 65th of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.