Ireland vs Tuvalu: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Ireland
64.6%
in 2025
Tuvalu
65.4%
in 2025
Ireland rank
124th
Tuvalu rank
122nd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Ireland
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Tuvalu currently reports 65.4% against 64.6% in Ireland, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 124th and Tuvalu ranks 122nd of 238 countries.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42.9% | 12.1% | 30.7% | Ireland |
| 1960s | 48.1% | 13.2% | 34.9% | Ireland |
| 1970s | 53.7% | 19.1% | 34.5% | Ireland |
| 1980s | 56.2% | 34.1% | 22.1% | Ireland |
| 1990s | 57.8% | 42.6% | 15.2% | Ireland |
| 2000s | 60.4% | 49.3% | 11.1% | Ireland |
| 2010s | 62.6% | 58.4% | 4.2% | Ireland |
| 2020s | 64.0% | 63.7% | 0.3% | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Ireland or Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu, at 65.4% against 64.6% in Ireland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Ireland and Tuvalu?
- 0.8%, with Tuvalu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Tuvalu?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Ireland and Tuvalu rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Ireland ranks 124th and Tuvalu ranks 122nd of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.