Laos vs Pakistan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Laos
40.3%
in 2025
Pakistan
39.5%
in 2025
Laos rank
187th
Pakistan rank
189th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Laos
- Pakistan
How they compare
Laos currently reports 40.3% against 39.5% in Pakistan, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Pakistan ahead.
Laos ranks 187th and Pakistan ranks 189th of 238 countries.
Pakistan has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Pakistan |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Pakistan |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | Pakistan |
| 1700s | 0.3% | 1.9% | 1.6% | Pakistan |
| 1710s | 0.3% | 2.2% | 1.9% | Pakistan |
| 1720s | 0.3% | 2.4% | 2.0% | Pakistan |
| 1730s | 0.4% | 2.6% | 2.2% | Pakistan |
| 1740s | 0.4% | 2.8% | 2.4% | Pakistan |
| 1750s | 0.5% | 3.1% | 2.6% | Pakistan |
| 1760s | 0.6% | 3.4% | 2.8% | Pakistan |
| 1770s | 0.6% | 3.7% | 3.1% | Pakistan |
| 1780s | 0.7% | 4.1% | 3.4% | Pakistan |
| 1790s | 0.8% | 4.5% | 3.6% | Pakistan |
| 1800s | 1.0% | 4.9% | 3.9% | Pakistan |
| 1810s | 1.1% | 5.4% | 4.3% | Pakistan |
| 1820s | 1.3% | 5.9% | 4.6% | Pakistan |
| 1830s | 1.4% | 6.5% | 5.0% | Pakistan |
| 1840s | 1.6% | 7.1% | 5.4% | Pakistan |
| 1850s | 1.9% | 7.7% | 5.9% | Pakistan |
| 1860s | 2.2% | 8.5% | 6.3% | Pakistan |
| 1870s | 2.5% | 9.3% | 6.8% | Pakistan |
| 1880s | 2.8% | 10.2% | 7.4% | Pakistan |
| 1890s | 3.2% | 11.1% | 7.9% | Pakistan |
| 1900s | 3.7% | 12.2% | 8.5% | Pakistan |
| 1910s | 4.2% | 13.4% | 9.2% | Pakistan |
| 1920s | 4.8% | 14.6% | 9.8% | Pakistan |
| 1930s | 5.5% | 16.0% | 10.5% | Pakistan |
| 1940s | 6.3% | 17.5% | 11.3% | Pakistan |
| 1950s | 7.7% | 19.8% | 12.1% | Pakistan |
| 1960s | 8.3% | 23.5% | 15.2% | Pakistan |
| 1970s | 10.9% | 26.2% | 15.3% | Pakistan |
| 1980s | 13.7% | 29.3% | 15.7% | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 17.5% | 31.8% | 14.3% | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 26.6% | 33.8% | 7.3% | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 33.1% | 35.8% | 2.7% | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 38.5% | 38.6% | 0.1% | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Laos or Pakistan?
- Laos, at 40.3% against 39.5% in Pakistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Laos and Pakistan?
- 0.8%, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Pakistan?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Laos and Pakistan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Laos ranks 187th and Pakistan ranks 189th 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.