Iraq vs Tunisia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Iraq
69.9%
in 2025
Tunisia
70.7%
in 2025
Iraq rank
106th
Tunisia rank
103rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Iraq
- Tunisia
How they compare
Tunisia currently reports 70.7% against 69.9% in Iraq, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iraq ahead.
Iraq ranks 106th and Tunisia ranks 103rd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 39 and Tunisia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 2.5% | 2.3% | 0.2% | Iraq |
| 1100s | 2.6% | 2.4% | 0.2% | Iraq |
| 1200s | 2.8% | 2.5% | 0.2% | Iraq |
| 1300s | 2.9% | 2.7% | 0.3% | Iraq |
| 1400s | 3.1% | 2.8% | 0.3% | Iraq |
| 1500s | 3.2% | 2.9% | 0.3% | Iraq |
| 1600s | 3.4% | 3.0% | 0.3% | Iraq |
| 1700s | 3.5% | 3.2% | 0.4% | Iraq |
| 1710s | 4.0% | 3.6% | 0.4% | Iraq |
| 1720s | 4.3% | 3.9% | 0.4% | Iraq |
| 1730s | 4.7% | 4.3% | 0.5% | Iraq |
| 1740s | 5.2% | 4.7% | 0.5% | Iraq |
| 1750s | 5.7% | 5.1% | 0.6% | Iraq |
| 1760s | 6.2% | 5.6% | 0.6% | Iraq |
| 1770s | 6.8% | 6.1% | 0.7% | Iraq |
| 1780s | 7.5% | 6.7% | 0.7% | Iraq |
| 1790s | 8.2% | 7.4% | 0.8% | Iraq |
| 1800s | 9.0% | 8.1% | 0.9% | Iraq |
| 1810s | 9.8% | 8.8% | 1.0% | Iraq |
| 1820s | 10.8% | 9.7% | 1.1% | Iraq |
| 1830s | 11.8% | 10.6% | 1.2% | Iraq |
| 1840s | 12.9% | 11.6% | 1.3% | Iraq |
| 1850s | 14.1% | 12.7% | 1.4% | Iraq |
| 1860s | 15.5% | 13.9% | 1.5% | Iraq |
| 1870s | 17.0% | 15.3% | 1.7% | Iraq |
| 1880s | 18.6% | 16.7% | 1.9% | Iraq |
| 1890s | 20.3% | 18.3% | 2.0% | Iraq |
| 1900s | 22.3% | 20.1% | 2.2% | Iraq |
| 1910s | 24.4% | 22.0% | 2.4% | Iraq |
| 1920s | 26.7% | 24.1% | 2.7% | Iraq |
| 1930s | 29.3% | 26.4% | 2.9% | Iraq |
| 1940s | 32.1% | 28.9% | 3.2% | Iraq |
| 1950s | 38.4% | 34.9% | 3.5% | Iraq |
| 1960s | 50.3% | 39.8% | 10.6% | Iraq |
| 1970s | 61.2% | 48.9% | 12.3% | Iraq |
| 1980s | 68.8% | 53.7% | 15.1% | Iraq |
| 1990s | 68.3% | 61.1% | 7.2% | Iraq |
| 2000s | 68.3% | 65.0% | 3.3% | Iraq |
| 2010s | 69.6% | 67.8% | 1.8% | Iraq |
| 2020s | 69.9% | 69.9% | 0.0% | Tunisia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Iraq or Tunisia?
- Tunisia, at 70.7% against 69.9% in Iraq as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Iraq and Tunisia?
- 0.8%, with Tunisia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Tunisia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Iraq and Tunisia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Iraq ranks 106th and Tunisia ranks 103rd 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.