Statizoid

Gibraltar vs (UN M49): Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Gibraltar
100.0%
in 2025
(UN M49)
69.3%
in 2025
Gibraltar rank
1st
(UN M49) rank
1st

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

  • Gibraltar
  • (UN M49)
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How they compare

Gibraltar currently reports 100.0% against 69.3% in (UN M49), a difference of 30.7%.

That makes Gibraltar's figure about 1.4 times (UN M49)'s.

Across all 76 years both countries report, Gibraltar has been ahead every year.

Gibraltar ranks 1st and (UN M49) ranks 1st of 238 countries.

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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.