Guinea vs Pakistan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Guinea
38.5%
in 2025
Pakistan
39.5%
in 2025
Guinea rank
192nd
Pakistan rank
189th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Guinea
- Pakistan
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 39.5% against 38.5% in Guinea, a difference of 1.0%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Pakistan has been ahead every year.
Guinea ranks 192nd and Pakistan ranks 189th of 238 countries.
Pakistan has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Pakistan |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Pakistan |
| 1600s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.5% | Pakistan |
| 1700s | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1.4% | Pakistan |
| 1710s | 0.6% | 2.2% | 1.5% | Pakistan |
| 1720s | 0.7% | 2.4% | 1.7% | Pakistan |
| 1730s | 0.8% | 2.6% | 1.8% | Pakistan |
| 1740s | 0.8% | 2.8% | 2.0% | Pakistan |
| 1750s | 0.9% | 3.1% | 2.2% | Pakistan |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 3.4% | 2.4% | Pakistan |
| 1770s | 1.1% | 3.7% | 2.6% | Pakistan |
| 1780s | 1.2% | 4.1% | 2.9% | Pakistan |
| 1790s | 1.3% | 4.5% | 3.2% | Pakistan |
| 1800s | 1.5% | 4.9% | 3.5% | Pakistan |
| 1810s | 1.6% | 5.4% | 3.8% | Pakistan |
| 1820s | 1.7% | 5.9% | 4.1% | Pakistan |
| 1830s | 1.9% | 6.5% | 4.5% | Pakistan |
| 1840s | 2.1% | 7.1% | 5.0% | Pakistan |
| 1850s | 2.3% | 7.7% | 5.5% | Pakistan |
| 1860s | 2.5% | 8.5% | 6.0% | Pakistan |
| 1870s | 2.7% | 9.3% | 6.5% | Pakistan |
| 1880s | 3.0% | 10.2% | 7.2% | Pakistan |
| 1890s | 3.3% | 11.1% | 7.8% | Pakistan |
| 1900s | 3.6% | 12.2% | 8.6% | Pakistan |
| 1910s | 3.9% | 13.4% | 9.4% | Pakistan |
| 1920s | 4.3% | 14.6% | 10.3% | Pakistan |
| 1930s | 4.7% | 16.0% | 11.3% | Pakistan |
| 1940s | 5.2% | 17.5% | 12.4% | Pakistan |
| 1950s | 8.5% | 19.8% | 11.4% | Pakistan |
| 1960s | 12.7% | 23.5% | 10.8% | Pakistan |
| 1970s | 20.8% | 26.2% | 5.5% | Pakistan |
| 1980s | 26.5% | 29.3% | 2.8% | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 29.4% | 31.8% | 2.4% | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 32.2% | 33.8% | 1.6% | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 35.0% | 35.8% | 0.9% | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 37.5% | 38.6% | 1.1% | Pakistan |
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 Pakistan?
- Pakistan, at 39.5% against 38.5% in Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Guinea and Pakistan?
- 1.0%, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Pakistan?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Guinea and Pakistan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Guinea ranks 192nd and Pakistan ranks 189th 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.