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