Guinea-Bissau vs Zambia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Guinea-Bissau
46.7%
in 2025
Zambia
45.9%
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau rank
172nd
Zambia rank
174th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Zambia
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 46.7% against 45.9% in Zambia, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Zambia ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 172nd and Zambia ranks 174th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 37.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Zambia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Zambia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Zambia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Zambia |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Zambia |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Zambia |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Zambia |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.2% | Zambia |
| 1710s | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.2% | Zambia |
| 1720s | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.2% | Zambia |
| 1730s | 1.3% | 1.6% | 0.3% | Zambia |
| 1740s | 1.4% | 1.7% | 0.3% | Zambia |
| 1750s | 1.6% | 1.9% | 0.3% | Zambia |
| 1760s | 1.7% | 2.1% | 0.3% | Zambia |
| 1770s | 1.9% | 2.3% | 0.4% | Zambia |
| 1780s | 2.1% | 2.5% | 0.4% | Zambia |
| 1790s | 2.3% | 2.7% | 0.5% | Zambia |
| 1800s | 2.5% | 3.0% | 0.5% | Zambia |
| 1810s | 2.7% | 3.3% | 0.5% | Zambia |
| 1820s | 3.0% | 3.6% | 0.6% | Zambia |
| 1830s | 3.3% | 3.9% | 0.7% | Zambia |
| 1840s | 3.6% | 4.3% | 0.7% | Zambia |
| 1850s | 3.9% | 4.7% | 0.8% | Zambia |
| 1860s | 4.3% | 5.1% | 0.9% | Zambia |
| 1870s | 4.7% | 5.6% | 0.9% | Zambia |
| 1880s | 5.1% | 6.2% | 1.0% | Zambia |
| 1890s | 5.6% | 6.7% | 1.1% | Zambia |
| 1900s | 6.1% | 7.4% | 1.2% | Zambia |
| 1910s | 6.7% | 8.1% | 1.4% | Zambia |
| 1920s | 7.4% | 8.9% | 1.5% | Zambia |
| 1930s | 8.1% | 9.7% | 1.6% | Zambia |
| 1940s | 8.8% | 10.6% | 1.8% | Zambia |
| 1950s | 11.7% | 13.4% | 1.7% | Zambia |
| 1960s | 14.3% | 22.7% | 8.5% | Zambia |
| 1970s | 15.7% | 35.8% | 20.1% | Zambia |
| 1980s | 23.6% | 39.7% | 16.2% | Zambia |
| 1990s | 34.5% | 38.2% | 3.7% | Zambia |
| 2000s | 38.2% | 37.3% | 0.9% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 41.9% | 41.7% | 0.2% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 45.4% | 44.9% | 0.6% | 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 Zambia?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 46.7% against 45.9% in Zambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Guinea-Bissau and Zambia?
- 0.8%, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Zambia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Zambia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 172nd and Zambia ranks 174th 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.