Libya vs Palestine: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Libya
87.9%
in 2025
Palestine
87.4%
in 2025
Libya rank
48th
Palestine rank
51st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Libya
- Palestine
How they compare
Libya currently reports 87.9% against 87.4% in Palestine, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Palestine ahead.
Libya ranks 48th and Palestine ranks 51st of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 6 and Palestine in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Palestine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 22.5% | 40.2% | 17.7% | Palestine |
| 1960s | 28.2% | 48.7% | 20.5% | Palestine |
| 1970s | 59.5% | 58.9% | 0.6% | Libya |
| 1980s | 75.5% | 63.6% | 12.0% | Libya |
| 1990s | 83.8% | 67.5% | 16.3% | Libya |
| 2000s | 87.9% | 78.9% | 8.9% | Libya |
| 2010s | 87.9% | 85.0% | 3.0% | Libya |
| 2020s | 87.9% | 86.7% | 1.1% | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Libya or Palestine?
- Libya, at 87.9% against 87.4% in Palestine as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Libya and Palestine?
- 0.5%, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Palestine?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Libya and Palestine rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Libya ranks 48th and Palestine ranks 51st 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.