Haiti vs Trinidad and Tobago: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Haiti
55.6%
in 2025
Trinidad and Tobago
54.0%
in 2025
Haiti rank
159th
Trinidad and Tobago rank
162nd

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

  • Haiti
  • Trinidad and Tobago
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How they compare

Haiti currently reports 55.6% against 54.0% in Trinidad and Tobago, a difference of 1.6%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Trinidad and Tobago ahead.

Haiti ranks 159th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 162nd of 238 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Haiti Trinidad and Tobago Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Trinidad and Tobago
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Trinidad and Tobago
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Trinidad and Tobago
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Trinidad and Tobago
1400s 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% Trinidad and Tobago
1500s 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% Trinidad and Tobago
1600s 0.4% 0.7% 0.3% Trinidad and Tobago
1700s 1.2% 2.1% 0.9% Trinidad and Tobago
1710s 1.4% 2.4% 1.0% Trinidad and Tobago
1720s 1.5% 2.6% 1.1% Trinidad and Tobago
1730s 1.6% 2.9% 1.2% Trinidad and Tobago
1740s 1.8% 3.1% 1.3% Trinidad and Tobago
1750s 2.0% 3.4% 1.4% Trinidad and Tobago
1760s 2.2% 3.7% 1.6% Trinidad and Tobago
1770s 2.4% 4.1% 1.7% Trinidad and Tobago
1780s 2.6% 4.5% 1.9% Trinidad and Tobago
1790s 2.8% 4.9% 2.1% Trinidad and Tobago
1800s 3.1% 5.4% 2.3% Trinidad and Tobago
1810s 3.4% 5.9% 2.5% Trinidad and Tobago
1820s 3.7% 6.5% 2.7% Trinidad and Tobago
1830s 4.1% 7.1% 3.0% Trinidad and Tobago
1840s 4.5% 7.8% 3.3% Trinidad and Tobago
1850s 4.9% 8.5% 3.6% Trinidad and Tobago
1860s 5.4% 9.3% 3.9% Trinidad and Tobago
1870s 5.9% 10.2% 4.3% Trinidad and Tobago
1880s 6.4% 11.2% 4.7% Trinidad and Tobago
1890s 7.1% 12.2% 5.2% Trinidad and Tobago
1900s 7.7% 13.4% 5.7% Trinidad and Tobago
1910s 8.5% 14.7% 6.2% Trinidad and Tobago
1920s 9.3% 16.1% 6.8% Trinidad and Tobago
1930s 10.1% 17.6% 7.4% Trinidad and Tobago
1940s 11.1% 19.3% 8.2% Trinidad and Tobago
1950s 13.5% 19.5% 6.0% Trinidad and Tobago
1960s 17.0% 26.0% 9.0% Trinidad and Tobago
1970s 20.3% 46.0% 25.7% Trinidad and Tobago
1980s 21.5% 53.7% 32.2% Trinidad and Tobago
1990s 29.5% 55.6% 26.1% Trinidad and Tobago
2000s 41.8% 55.4% 13.5% Trinidad and Tobago
2010s 49.1% 53.9% 4.9% Trinidad and Tobago
2020s 54.1% 54.0% 0.2% 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
Haiti, at 55.6% against 54.0% in Trinidad and Tobago as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago?
1.6%, with Haiti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Haiti ranks 159th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 162nd 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.