Guinea vs Mozambique: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Guinea
38.5%
in 2025
Mozambique
37.2%
in 2025
Guinea rank
192nd
Mozambique rank
194th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Guinea
- Mozambique
How they compare
Guinea currently reports 38.5% against 37.2% in Mozambique, a difference of 1.3%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Guinea has been ahead every year.
Guinea ranks 192nd and Mozambique ranks 194th of 238 countries.
Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Guinea |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Guinea |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Guinea |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Guinea |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Guinea |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Guinea |
| 1600s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Guinea |
| 1700s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | Guinea |
| 1710s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | Guinea |
| 1720s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | Guinea |
| 1730s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | Guinea |
| 1740s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | Guinea |
| 1750s | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.6% | Guinea |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% | Guinea |
| 1770s | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.7% | Guinea |
| 1780s | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% | Guinea |
| 1790s | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% | Guinea |
| 1800s | 1.5% | 0.6% | 0.9% | Guinea |
| 1810s | 1.6% | 0.6% | 1.0% | Guinea |
| 1820s | 1.7% | 0.7% | 1.1% | Guinea |
| 1830s | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% | Guinea |
| 1840s | 2.1% | 0.8% | 1.3% | Guinea |
| 1850s | 2.3% | 0.9% | 1.4% | Guinea |
| 1860s | 2.5% | 1.0% | 1.5% | Guinea |
| 1870s | 2.7% | 1.1% | 1.7% | Guinea |
| 1880s | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1.8% | Guinea |
| 1890s | 3.3% | 1.3% | 2.0% | Guinea |
| 1900s | 3.6% | 1.4% | 2.2% | Guinea |
| 1910s | 3.9% | 1.5% | 2.4% | Guinea |
| 1920s | 4.3% | 1.7% | 2.6% | Guinea |
| 1930s | 4.7% | 1.9% | 2.9% | Guinea |
| 1940s | 5.2% | 2.0% | 3.2% | Guinea |
| 1950s | 8.5% | 2.8% | 5.7% | Guinea |
| 1960s | 12.7% | 5.0% | 7.7% | Guinea |
| 1970s | 20.8% | 9.8% | 11.0% | Guinea |
| 1980s | 26.5% | 17.3% | 9.3% | Guinea |
| 1990s | 29.4% | 26.8% | 2.6% | Guinea |
| 2000s | 32.2% | 30.0% | 2.3% | Guinea |
| 2010s | 35.0% | 32.1% | 2.9% | Guinea |
| 2020s | 37.5% | 35.5% | 2.0% | Guinea |
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 or Mozambique?
- Guinea, at 38.5% against 37.2% in Mozambique as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Guinea and Mozambique?
- 1.3%, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Mozambique?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Guinea and Mozambique rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Guinea ranks 192nd and Mozambique ranks 194th 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.