Guinea-Bissau vs Namibia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Guinea-Bissau
46.7%
in 2025
Namibia
50.9%
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau rank
172nd
Namibia rank
169th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 50.9% against 46.7% in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 4.2%.
That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Namibia ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 172nd and Namibia ranks 169th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 2 and Namibia in 38.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Namibia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Namibia |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 1.3% | 0.4% | Namibia |
| 1710s | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.4% | Namibia |
| 1720s | 1.2% | 1.7% | 0.5% | Namibia |
| 1730s | 1.3% | 1.8% | 0.5% | Namibia |
| 1740s | 1.4% | 2.0% | 0.6% | Namibia |
| 1750s | 1.6% | 2.2% | 0.6% | Namibia |
| 1760s | 1.7% | 2.4% | 0.7% | Namibia |
| 1770s | 1.9% | 2.6% | 0.7% | Namibia |
| 1780s | 2.1% | 2.9% | 0.8% | Namibia |
| 1790s | 2.3% | 3.1% | 0.9% | Namibia |
| 1800s | 2.5% | 3.4% | 0.9% | Namibia |
| 1810s | 2.7% | 3.8% | 1.0% | Namibia |
| 1820s | 3.0% | 4.1% | 1.1% | Namibia |
| 1830s | 3.3% | 4.5% | 1.2% | Namibia |
| 1840s | 3.6% | 4.9% | 1.4% | Namibia |
| 1850s | 3.9% | 5.4% | 1.5% | Namibia |
| 1860s | 4.3% | 5.9% | 1.6% | Namibia |
| 1870s | 4.7% | 6.5% | 1.8% | Namibia |
| 1880s | 5.1% | 7.1% | 2.0% | Namibia |
| 1890s | 5.6% | 7.8% | 2.2% | Namibia |
| 1900s | 6.1% | 8.5% | 2.4% | Namibia |
| 1910s | 6.7% | 9.3% | 2.6% | Namibia |
| 1920s | 7.4% | 10.2% | 2.8% | Namibia |
| 1930s | 8.1% | 11.2% | 3.1% | Namibia |
| 1940s | 8.8% | 12.2% | 3.4% | Namibia |
| 1950s | 11.7% | 19.1% | 7.4% | Namibia |
| 1960s | 14.3% | 24.2% | 10.0% | Namibia |
| 1970s | 15.7% | 25.3% | 9.6% | Namibia |
| 1980s | 23.6% | 26.1% | 2.5% | Namibia |
| 1990s | 34.5% | 28.7% | 5.8% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 38.2% | 36.2% | 2.0% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 41.9% | 45.1% | 3.1% | Namibia |
| 2020s | 45.4% | 49.7% | 4.3% | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Guinea-Bissau or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 50.9% against 46.7% in Guinea-Bissau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Guinea-Bissau and Namibia?
- 4.2%, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Namibia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Namibia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 172nd and Namibia ranks 169th 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.