Haiti vs Philippines: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Haiti
55.6%
in 2025
Philippines
55.8%
in 2025
Haiti rank
159th
Philippines rank
156th

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

  • Haiti
  • Philippines
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How they compare

Philippines currently reports 55.8% against 55.6% in Haiti, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Philippines ahead.

Haiti ranks 159th and Philippines ranks 156th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 1 and Philippines in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade Haiti Philippines Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Philippines
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Philippines
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Philippines
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Philippines
1400s 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% Philippines
1500s 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% Philippines
1600s 0.4% 1.0% 0.6% Philippines
1700s 1.2% 2.9% 1.7% Philippines
1710s 1.4% 3.3% 1.9% Philippines
1720s 1.5% 3.6% 2.1% Philippines
1730s 1.6% 3.9% 2.3% Philippines
1740s 1.8% 4.3% 2.5% Philippines
1750s 2.0% 4.7% 2.8% Philippines
1760s 2.2% 5.2% 3.0% Philippines
1770s 2.4% 5.7% 3.3% Philippines
1780s 2.6% 6.2% 3.6% Philippines
1790s 2.8% 6.8% 4.0% Philippines
1800s 3.1% 7.5% 4.4% Philippines
1810s 3.4% 8.2% 4.8% Philippines
1820s 3.7% 8.9% 5.2% Philippines
1830s 4.1% 9.8% 5.7% Philippines
1840s 4.5% 10.7% 6.3% Philippines
1850s 4.9% 11.8% 6.9% Philippines
1860s 5.4% 12.9% 7.5% Philippines
1870s 5.9% 14.1% 8.2% Philippines
1880s 6.4% 15.4% 9.0% Philippines
1890s 7.1% 16.9% 9.9% Philippines
1900s 7.7% 18.5% 10.8% Philippines
1910s 8.5% 20.3% 11.8% Philippines
1920s 9.3% 22.2% 13.0% Philippines
1930s 10.1% 24.3% 14.2% Philippines
1940s 11.1% 26.7% 15.6% Philippines
1950s 13.5% 27.7% 14.2% Philippines
1960s 17.0% 30.9% 13.9% Philippines
1970s 20.3% 32.8% 12.4% Philippines
1980s 21.5% 34.8% 13.3% Philippines
1990s 29.5% 37.3% 7.8% Philippines
2000s 41.8% 41.3% 0.5% Haiti
2010s 49.1% 50.2% 1.1% Philippines
2020s 54.1% 54.9% 0.8% Philippines

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Haiti or Philippines?
Philippines, at 55.8% against 55.6% in Haiti as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Haiti and Philippines?
0.2%, with Philippines ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Philippines?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Haiti and Philippines rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Haiti ranks 159th and Philippines ranks 156th 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

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

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.