Guatemala vs Philippines: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Guatemala
56.3%
in 2025
Philippines
55.8%
in 2025
Guatemala rank
153rd
Philippines rank
156th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Guatemala
- Philippines
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 56.3% against 55.8% in Philippines, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Philippines ahead.
Guatemala ranks 153rd and Philippines ranks 156th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 6 and Philippines in 34.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Philippines |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Philippines |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Philippines |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Philippines |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Philippines |
| 1500s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Philippines |
| 1600s | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.1% | Philippines |
| 1700s | 2.5% | 2.9% | 0.4% | Philippines |
| 1710s | 2.9% | 3.3% | 0.4% | Philippines |
| 1720s | 3.1% | 3.6% | 0.5% | Philippines |
| 1730s | 3.4% | 3.9% | 0.5% | Philippines |
| 1740s | 3.7% | 4.3% | 0.6% | Philippines |
| 1750s | 4.1% | 4.7% | 0.6% | Philippines |
| 1760s | 4.5% | 5.2% | 0.7% | Philippines |
| 1770s | 4.9% | 5.7% | 0.8% | Philippines |
| 1780s | 5.4% | 6.2% | 0.8% | Philippines |
| 1790s | 5.9% | 6.8% | 0.9% | Philippines |
| 1800s | 6.5% | 7.5% | 1.0% | Philippines |
| 1810s | 7.1% | 8.2% | 1.1% | Philippines |
| 1820s | 7.8% | 8.9% | 1.2% | Philippines |
| 1830s | 8.5% | 9.8% | 1.3% | Philippines |
| 1840s | 9.3% | 10.7% | 1.4% | Philippines |
| 1850s | 10.2% | 11.8% | 1.6% | Philippines |
| 1860s | 11.2% | 12.9% | 1.7% | Philippines |
| 1870s | 12.2% | 14.1% | 1.9% | Philippines |
| 1880s | 13.4% | 15.4% | 2.1% | Philippines |
| 1890s | 14.7% | 16.9% | 2.3% | Philippines |
| 1900s | 16.1% | 18.5% | 2.5% | Philippines |
| 1910s | 17.6% | 20.3% | 2.7% | Philippines |
| 1920s | 19.3% | 22.2% | 3.0% | Philippines |
| 1930s | 21.1% | 24.3% | 3.2% | Philippines |
| 1940s | 23.1% | 26.7% | 3.6% | Philippines |
| 1950s | 28.4% | 27.7% | 0.7% | Guatemala |
| 1960s | 33.9% | 30.9% | 3.0% | Guatemala |
| 1970s | 35.3% | 32.8% | 2.5% | Guatemala |
| 1980s | 33.0% | 34.8% | 1.7% | Philippines |
| 1990s | 36.5% | 37.3% | 0.8% | Philippines |
| 2000s | 47.5% | 41.3% | 6.2% | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 53.0% | 50.2% | 2.8% | Guatemala |
| 2020s | 55.4% | 54.9% | 0.5% | Guatemala |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Guatemala or Philippines?
- Guatemala, at 56.3% against 55.8% in Philippines as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Guatemala and Philippines?
- 0.5%, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Philippines?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Guatemala and Philippines rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Guatemala ranks 153rd and Philippines ranks 156th 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.