Gibraltar vs Vatican: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Gibraltar
100.0%
in 2025
Vatican
100.0%
in 2025
Gibraltar rank
1st
Vatican rank
1st

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

  • Gibraltar
  • Vatican
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How they compare

Gibraltar currently reports 100.0% against 100.0% in Vatican, a difference of 0.0%.

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

Gibraltar ranks 1st and Vatican ranks 1st of 238 countries.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gibraltar Vatican Difference Ahead
1950s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
1960s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
1970s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
1980s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
1990s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
2000s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
2010s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
2020s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Gibraltar or Vatican?
Gibraltar, at 100.0% against 100.0% in Vatican as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Gibraltar and Vatican?
0.0%, with Gibraltar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gibraltar and Vatican?
76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
How do Gibraltar and Vatican rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Gibraltar ranks 1st and Vatican ranks 1st 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 modeled historical data.