Kiribati vs Thailand: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Kiribati
63.4%
in 2025
Thailand
62.8%
in 2025
Kiribati rank
130th
Thailand rank
133rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Kiribati
- Thailand
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 63.4% against 62.8% in Thailand, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kiribati ahead.
Kiribati ranks 130th and Thailand ranks 133rd of 238 countries.
Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12.5% | 11.0% | 1.5% | Kiribati |
| 1960s | 19.9% | 12.4% | 7.5% | Kiribati |
| 1970s | 27.7% | 15.0% | 12.6% | Kiribati |
| 1980s | 33.5% | 17.8% | 15.7% | Kiribati |
| 1990s | 37.2% | 23.8% | 13.4% | Kiribati |
| 2000s | 44.3% | 37.4% | 6.9% | Kiribati |
| 2010s | 51.4% | 48.1% | 3.3% | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 61.0% | 60.2% | 0.8% | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Kiribati or Thailand?
- Kiribati, at 63.4% against 62.8% in Thailand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Kiribati and Thailand?
- 0.6%, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Thailand?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Kiribati and Thailand rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Kiribati ranks 130th and Thailand ranks 133rd 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.