Hong Kong vs Saint Martin (French part): Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Hong Kong
100.0%
in 2025
Saint Martin (French part)
100.0%
in 2025
Hong Kong rank
1st
Saint Martin (French part) rank
1st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Hong Kong
- Saint Martin (French part)
How they compare
Hong Kong currently reports 100.0% against 100.0% in Saint Martin (French part), a difference of 0.0%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Saint Martin (French part) has been ahead every year.
Hong Kong ranks 1st and Saint Martin (French part) ranks 1st of 238 countries.
Saint Martin (French part) has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hong Kong | Saint Martin (French part) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 85.2% | 100.0% | 14.8% | Saint Martin (French part) |
| 1960s | 86.0% | 100.0% | 14.0% | Saint Martin (French part) |
| 1970s | 89.3% | 100.0% | 10.7% | Saint Martin (French part) |
| 1980s | 93.5% | 100.0% | 6.5% | Saint Martin (French part) |
| 1990s | 99.9% | 100.0% | 0.1% | Saint Martin (French part) |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Hong Kong or Saint Martin (French part)?
- Hong Kong, at 100.0% against 100.0% in Saint Martin (French part) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Hong Kong and Saint Martin (French part)?
- 0.0%, with Hong Kong ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Saint Martin (French part)?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Hong Kong and Saint Martin (French part) rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Hong Kong ranks 1st and Saint Martin (French part) ranks 1st 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.