Guernsey vs Myanmar: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Guernsey
29.6%
in 2025
Myanmar
30.6%
in 2025
Guernsey rank
214th
Myanmar rank
213th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Guernsey
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 30.6% against 29.6% in Guernsey, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guernsey ahead.
Guernsey ranks 214th and Myanmar ranks 213th of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Guernsey averaged higher in 5 and Myanmar in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guernsey | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 35.6% | 16.6% | 19.0% | Guernsey |
| 1960s | 32.9% | 21.1% | 11.7% | Guernsey |
| 1970s | 30.7% | 24.0% | 6.7% | Guernsey |
| 1980s | 29.0% | 25.1% | 4.0% | Guernsey |
| 1990s | 27.8% | 26.6% | 1.3% | Guernsey |
| 2000s | 28.0% | 28.3% | 0.3% | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 29.6% | 29.6% | 0.1% | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 29.7% | 30.4% | 0.7% | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Guernsey or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 30.6% against 29.6% in Guernsey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Guernsey and Myanmar?
- 1.0%, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guernsey and Myanmar?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Guernsey and Myanmar rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Guernsey ranks 214th and Myanmar ranks 213th 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.