Guernsey vs East Timor: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Guernsey
29.6%
in 2025
East Timor
28.8%
in 2025
Guernsey rank
214th
East Timor rank
217th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Guernsey
- East Timor
How they compare
Guernsey currently reports 29.6% against 28.8% in East Timor, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guernsey ahead.
Guernsey ranks 214th and East Timor ranks 217th of 238 countries.
Guernsey has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guernsey | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 35.6% | 10.0% | 25.6% | Guernsey |
| 1960s | 32.9% | 10.7% | 22.1% | Guernsey |
| 1970s | 30.7% | 14.1% | 16.6% | Guernsey |
| 1980s | 29.0% | 18.7% | 10.3% | Guernsey |
| 1990s | 27.8% | 22.4% | 5.4% | Guernsey |
| 2000s | 28.0% | 26.4% | 1.6% | Guernsey |
| 2010s | 29.6% | 29.5% | 0.1% | Guernsey |
| 2020s | 29.7% | 28.7% | 1.0% | Guernsey |
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 East Timor?
- Guernsey, at 29.6% against 28.8% in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Guernsey and East Timor?
- 0.8%, with Guernsey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guernsey and East Timor?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Guernsey and East Timor rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Guernsey ranks 214th and East Timor ranks 217th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.