Guinea-Bissau vs Sierra Leone: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Guinea-Bissau
46.7%
in 2025
Sierra Leone
45.9%
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau rank
172nd
Sierra Leone rank
173rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 46.7% against 45.9% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 172nd and Sierra Leone ranks 173rd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 36.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.2% | Sierra Leone |
| 1710s | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 1720s | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 1730s | 1.3% | 1.6% | 0.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 1740s | 1.4% | 1.8% | 0.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 1750s | 1.6% | 2.0% | 0.4% | Sierra Leone |
| 1760s | 1.7% | 2.1% | 0.4% | Sierra Leone |
| 1770s | 1.9% | 2.3% | 0.5% | Sierra Leone |
| 1780s | 2.1% | 2.6% | 0.5% | Sierra Leone |
| 1790s | 2.3% | 2.8% | 0.5% | Sierra Leone |
| 1800s | 2.5% | 3.1% | 0.6% | Sierra Leone |
| 1810s | 2.7% | 3.4% | 0.7% | Sierra Leone |
| 1820s | 3.0% | 3.7% | 0.7% | Sierra Leone |
| 1830s | 3.3% | 4.0% | 0.8% | Sierra Leone |
| 1840s | 3.6% | 4.4% | 0.9% | Sierra Leone |
| 1850s | 3.9% | 4.8% | 0.9% | Sierra Leone |
| 1860s | 4.3% | 5.3% | 1.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1870s | 4.7% | 5.8% | 1.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1880s | 5.1% | 6.4% | 1.2% | Sierra Leone |
| 1890s | 5.6% | 7.0% | 1.4% | Sierra Leone |
| 1900s | 6.1% | 7.6% | 1.5% | Sierra Leone |
| 1910s | 6.7% | 8.4% | 1.6% | Sierra Leone |
| 1920s | 7.4% | 9.2% | 1.8% | Sierra Leone |
| 1930s | 8.1% | 10.0% | 2.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1940s | 8.8% | 11.0% | 2.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1950s | 11.7% | 14.6% | 2.9% | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 14.3% | 20.2% | 6.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 15.7% | 27.3% | 11.7% | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 23.6% | 31.8% | 8.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 34.5% | 34.4% | 0.1% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 38.2% | 36.8% | 1.5% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 41.9% | 40.6% | 1.3% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 45.4% | 44.6% | 0.9% | Guinea-Bissau |
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 Sierra Leone?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 46.7% against 45.9% in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone?
- 0.8%, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 172nd and Sierra Leone ranks 173rd 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 modelled historical data.