Hungary vs Mongolia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Hungary
70.7%
in 2025
Mongolia
71.1%
in 2025
Hungary rank
104th
Mongolia rank
101st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Hungary
- Mongolia
How they compare
Mongolia currently reports 71.1% against 70.7% in Hungary, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Hungary ahead.
Hungary ranks 104th and Mongolia ranks 101st of 238 countries.
Hungary has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hungary | Mongolia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Hungary |
| 1100s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Hungary |
| 1200s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Hungary |
| 1300s | 1.7% | 0.0% | 1.7% | Hungary |
| 1400s | 5.2% | 0.0% | 5.2% | Hungary |
| 1500s | 4.8% | 0.0% | 4.8% | Hungary |
| 1600s | 4.9% | 0.1% | 4.8% | Hungary |
| 1700s | 4.8% | 0.3% | 4.5% | Hungary |
| 1710s | 5.3% | 0.2% | 5.1% | Hungary |
| 1720s | 5.8% | 0.3% | 5.5% | Hungary |
| 1730s | 6.3% | 0.4% | 5.9% | Hungary |
| 1740s | 6.8% | 0.4% | 6.4% | Hungary |
| 1750s | 7.3% | 0.5% | 6.8% | Hungary |
| 1760s | 7.4% | 0.6% | 6.8% | Hungary |
| 1770s | 7.5% | 0.7% | 6.8% | Hungary |
| 1780s | 7.7% | 0.9% | 6.8% | Hungary |
| 1790s | 7.8% | 1.1% | 6.7% | Hungary |
| 1800s | 7.9% | 1.3% | 6.6% | Hungary |
| 1810s | 8.1% | 1.5% | 6.6% | Hungary |
| 1820s | 8.4% | 1.8% | 6.6% | Hungary |
| 1830s | 8.6% | 2.2% | 6.4% | Hungary |
| 1840s | 8.9% | 2.6% | 6.3% | Hungary |
| 1850s | 9.2% | 3.2% | 6.0% | Hungary |
| 1860s | 10.3% | 3.8% | 6.5% | Hungary |
| 1870s | 12.3% | 4.5% | 7.8% | Hungary |
| 1880s | 14.8% | 5.4% | 9.4% | Hungary |
| 1890s | 17.8% | 6.5% | 11.2% | Hungary |
| 1900s | 21.3% | 7.8% | 13.5% | Hungary |
| 1910s | 25.6% | 9.4% | 16.2% | Hungary |
| 1920s | 30.7% | 11.3% | 19.4% | Hungary |
| 1930s | 36.8% | 13.6% | 23.3% | Hungary |
| 1940s | 44.2% | 16.3% | 27.9% | Hungary |
| 1950s | 52.9% | 26.4% | 26.5% | Hungary |
| 1960s | 54.2% | 41.5% | 12.7% | Hungary |
| 1970s | 56.4% | 48.3% | 8.1% | Hungary |
| 1980s | 59.3% | 55.2% | 4.1% | Hungary |
| 1990s | 62.5% | 56.8% | 5.6% | Hungary |
| 2000s | 66.1% | 61.7% | 4.3% | Hungary |
| 2010s | 70.1% | 67.9% | 2.2% | Hungary |
| 2020s | 70.4% | 69.9% | 0.4% | Hungary |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Hungary or Mongolia?
- Mongolia, at 71.1% against 70.7% in Hungary as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Hungary and Mongolia?
- 0.4%, with Mongolia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and Mongolia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Hungary and Mongolia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Hungary ranks 104th and Mongolia ranks 101st 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.