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
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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

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.