Guinea-Bissau vs Seychelles: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Guinea-Bissau

46.7%

in 2025

Seychelles

45.5%

in 2025

Guinea-Bissau rank

172nd

Seychelles rank

175th

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

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 46.7% against 45.5% in Seychelles, a difference of 1.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Seychelles ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 172nd and Seychelles ranks 175th of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.