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

Haiti
55.6%
in 2025
Senegal
55.8%
in 2025
Haiti rank
159th
Senegal rank
157th

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

  • Haiti
  • Senegal
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How they compare

Senegal 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 Senegal ahead.

Haiti ranks 159th and Senegal ranks 157th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Haiti averaged higher in 2 and Senegal in 38.

Head to head by decade

Decade Haiti Senegal Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Senegal
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Senegal
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Senegal
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Senegal
1400s 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% Senegal
1500s 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% Senegal
1600s 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% Senegal
1700s 1.2% 1.7% 0.5% Senegal
1710s 1.4% 1.9% 0.5% Senegal
1720s 1.5% 2.1% 0.6% Senegal
1730s 1.6% 2.3% 0.6% Senegal
1740s 1.8% 2.5% 0.7% Senegal
1750s 2.0% 2.7% 0.7% Senegal
1760s 2.2% 3.0% 0.8% Senegal
1770s 2.4% 3.3% 0.9% Senegal
1780s 2.6% 3.6% 1.0% Senegal
1790s 2.8% 3.9% 1.1% Senegal
1800s 3.1% 4.3% 1.2% Senegal
1810s 3.4% 4.7% 1.3% Senegal
1820s 3.7% 5.1% 1.4% Senegal
1830s 4.1% 5.6% 1.5% Senegal
1840s 4.5% 6.2% 1.7% Senegal
1850s 4.9% 6.7% 1.8% Senegal
1860s 5.4% 7.4% 2.0% Senegal
1870s 5.9% 8.1% 2.2% Senegal
1880s 6.4% 8.9% 2.4% Senegal
1890s 7.1% 9.7% 2.6% Senegal
1900s 7.7% 10.6% 2.9% Senegal
1910s 8.5% 11.6% 3.2% Senegal
1920s 9.3% 12.7% 3.5% Senegal
1930s 10.1% 14.0% 3.8% Senegal
1940s 11.1% 15.3% 4.2% Senegal
1950s 13.5% 22.0% 8.5% Senegal
1960s 17.0% 25.9% 8.9% Senegal
1970s 20.3% 33.6% 13.3% Senegal
1980s 21.5% 37.5% 15.9% Senegal
1990s 29.5% 39.7% 10.2% Senegal
2000s 41.8% 41.8% 0.0% Senegal
2010s 49.1% 46.3% 2.8% Haiti
2020s 54.1% 53.7% 0.4% Haiti

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 Senegal?
Senegal, 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 Senegal?
0.2%, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Senegal?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Haiti and Senegal rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Haiti ranks 159th and Senegal ranks 157th 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.