Statizoid

Lesotho vs Seychelles: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Lesotho
44.7%
in 2025
Seychelles
45.5%
in 2025
Lesotho rank
177th
Seychelles rank
175th

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

  • Lesotho
  • Seychelles
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How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 45.5% against 44.7% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.8%.

Across all 76 years both countries report, Seychelles has been ahead every year.

Lesotho ranks 177th and Seychelles ranks 175th of 238 countries.

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