Liberia vs Slovenia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Liberia
56.1%
in 2025
Slovenia
56.0%
in 2025
Liberia rank
154th
Slovenia rank
155th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Liberia
- Slovenia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 56.1% against 56.0% in Slovenia, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Liberia ahead.
Liberia ranks 154th and Slovenia ranks 155th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 28 and Slovenia in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Slovenia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Liberia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Liberia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Liberia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Liberia |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Liberia |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Liberia |
| 1600s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Liberia |
| 1700s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.1% | Liberia |
| 1710s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Liberia |
| 1720s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.4% | Liberia |
| 1730s | 1.6% | 1.0% | 0.6% | Liberia |
| 1740s | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% | Liberia |
| 1750s | 1.9% | 1.0% | 0.9% | Liberia |
| 1760s | 2.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | Liberia |
| 1770s | 2.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% | Liberia |
| 1780s | 2.4% | 1.0% | 1.4% | Liberia |
| 1790s | 2.7% | 1.0% | 1.7% | Liberia |
| 1800s | 2.9% | 1.0% | 1.9% | Liberia |
| 1810s | 3.2% | 1.0% | 2.2% | Liberia |
| 1820s | 3.5% | 1.1% | 2.4% | Liberia |
| 1830s | 3.9% | 1.4% | 2.5% | Liberia |
| 1840s | 4.2% | 1.7% | 2.5% | Liberia |
| 1850s | 4.6% | 2.1% | 2.5% | Liberia |
| 1860s | 5.1% | 2.7% | 2.4% | Liberia |
| 1870s | 5.5% | 3.3% | 2.2% | Liberia |
| 1880s | 6.1% | 4.2% | 1.9% | Liberia |
| 1890s | 6.7% | 5.2% | 1.4% | Liberia |
| 1900s | 7.3% | 6.5% | 0.8% | Liberia |
| 1910s | 8.0% | 8.2% | 0.2% | Slovenia |
| 1920s | 8.7% | 10.2% | 1.5% | Slovenia |
| 1930s | 9.6% | 12.8% | 3.2% | Slovenia |
| 1940s | 10.5% | 15.9% | 5.4% | Slovenia |
| 1950s | 15.3% | 23.5% | 8.2% | Slovenia |
| 1960s | 21.8% | 32.1% | 10.3% | Slovenia |
| 1970s | 30.2% | 42.3% | 12.1% | Slovenia |
| 1980s | 38.8% | 50.0% | 11.2% | Slovenia |
| 1990s | 47.6% | 50.4% | 2.8% | Slovenia |
| 2000s | 45.6% | 50.6% | 5.0% | Slovenia |
| 2010s | 50.5% | 52.4% | 1.9% | Slovenia |
| 2020s | 54.7% | 55.6% | 0.8% | Slovenia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Liberia or Slovenia?
- Liberia, at 56.1% against 56.0% in Slovenia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Liberia and Slovenia?
- 0.1%, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Slovenia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Liberia and Slovenia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Liberia ranks 154th and Slovenia ranks 155th 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.