Guinea vs Saint Helena: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Guinea

38.5%

in 2025

Saint Helena

37.2%

in 2025

Guinea rank

192nd

Saint Helena rank

193rd

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

Guinea currently reports 38.5% against 37.2% in Saint Helena, a difference of 1.3%.

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

Guinea ranks 192nd and Saint Helena ranks 193rd 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.