Kenya vs Saint Kitts and Nevis: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Kenya
32.2%
in 2025
Saint Kitts and Nevis
31.9%
in 2025
Kenya rank
208th
Saint Kitts and Nevis rank
210th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Kenya
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 32.2% against 31.9% in Saint Kitts and Nevis, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 208th and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 210th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 16 and Saint Kitts and Nevis in 24.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kenya |
| 1600s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1700s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Kenya |
| 1710s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Kenya |
| 1720s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Kenya |
| 1730s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Kenya |
| 1740s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Kenya |
| 1750s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Kenya |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.2% | Kenya |
| 1770s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1780s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.0% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1790s | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.1% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1800s | 1.4% | 1.7% | 0.3% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1810s | 1.6% | 2.1% | 0.5% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1820s | 1.7% | 2.5% | 0.8% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1830s | 1.9% | 3.0% | 1.1% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1840s | 2.1% | 3.6% | 1.5% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1850s | 2.3% | 4.3% | 2.0% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1860s | 2.5% | 5.1% | 2.7% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1870s | 2.7% | 6.2% | 3.5% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1880s | 3.0% | 7.4% | 4.4% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1890s | 3.2% | 8.9% | 5.6% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1900s | 3.5% | 10.7% | 7.1% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1910s | 3.9% | 12.8% | 8.9% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1920s | 4.3% | 15.3% | 11.1% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1930s | 4.7% | 18.4% | 13.8% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1940s | 5.1% | 22.1% | 17.0% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1950s | 7.0% | 26.7% | 19.7% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1960s | 9.0% | 30.5% | 21.5% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1970s | 12.8% | 35.2% | 22.4% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1980s | 17.1% | 35.5% | 18.4% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 1990s | 18.6% | 33.8% | 15.2% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 2000s | 26.1% | 32.1% | 6.0% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 2010s | 31.7% | 31.3% | 0.4% | Kenya |
| 2020s | 31.6% | 31.7% | 0.1% | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Kenya or Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Kenya, at 32.2% against 31.9% in Saint Kitts and Nevis as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Kenya and Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- 0.3%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Saint Kitts and Nevis rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Kenya ranks 208th and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 210th 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 modelled historical data.