Kuwait vs Sint Maarten (Dutch part): Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Kuwait
100.0%
in 2025
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
100.0%
in 2025
Kuwait rank
1st
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) rank
1st

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

  • Kuwait
  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 100.0% against 100.0% in Sint Maarten (Dutch part), a difference of 0.0%.

Across all 76 years both countries report, Sint Maarten (Dutch part) has been ahead every year.

Kuwait ranks 1st and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranks 1st of 238 countries.

Sint Maarten (Dutch part) has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Difference Ahead
1950s 68.6% 100.0% 31.4% Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
1960s 78.3% 100.0% 21.7% Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
1970s 87.8% 100.0% 12.2% Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
1980s 97.2% 100.0% 2.8% Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
1990s 98.2% 100.0% 1.8% Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
2000s 99.7% 100.0% 0.3% Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
2010s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
2020s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Kuwait or Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
Kuwait, at 100.0% against 100.0% in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Kuwait and Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
0.0%, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
How do Kuwait and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Kuwait ranks 1st and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranks 1st 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

Indicator
Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.