Liechtenstein vs Malawi: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Liechtenstein
14.6%
in 2025
Malawi
17.6%
in 2025
Liechtenstein rank
235th
Malawi rank
232nd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Liechtenstein
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 17.6% against 14.6% in Liechtenstein, a difference of 3.0%.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.2 times Liechtenstein's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Malawi ahead.
Liechtenstein ranks 235th and Malawi ranks 232nd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Liechtenstein averaged higher in 18 and Malawi in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liechtenstein | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Malawi |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Malawi |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Malawi |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Malawi |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Malawi |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Malawi |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Malawi |
| 1700s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Malawi |
| 1710s | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Malawi |
| 1720s | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Malawi |
| 1730s | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Malawi |
| 1740s | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Malawi |
| 1750s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Malawi |
| 1760s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Malawi |
| 1770s | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Malawi |
| 1780s | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Malawi |
| 1790s | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | Malawi |
| 1800s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Malawi |
| 1810s | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.1% | Malawi |
| 1820s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.0% | Liechtenstein |
| 1830s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.2% | Liechtenstein |
| 1840s | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.5% | Liechtenstein |
| 1850s | 2.1% | 1.4% | 0.8% | Liechtenstein |
| 1860s | 2.7% | 1.5% | 1.2% | Liechtenstein |
| 1870s | 3.3% | 1.7% | 1.7% | Liechtenstein |
| 1880s | 4.2% | 1.8% | 2.4% | Liechtenstein |
| 1890s | 5.2% | 2.0% | 3.2% | Liechtenstein |
| 1900s | 6.5% | 2.2% | 4.3% | Liechtenstein |
| 1910s | 8.1% | 2.4% | 5.8% | Liechtenstein |
| 1920s | 10.2% | 2.6% | 7.6% | Liechtenstein |
| 1930s | 12.7% | 2.9% | 9.9% | Liechtenstein |
| 1940s | 15.9% | 3.1% | 12.8% | Liechtenstein |
| 1950s | 20.2% | 3.7% | 16.5% | Liechtenstein |
| 1960s | 19.6% | 4.6% | 15.0% | Liechtenstein |
| 1970s | 18.3% | 7.5% | 10.9% | Liechtenstein |
| 1980s | 17.8% | 10.1% | 7.7% | Liechtenstein |
| 1990s | 16.3% | 13.3% | 3.0% | Liechtenstein |
| 2000s | 14.7% | 15.1% | 0.4% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 14.5% | 15.8% | 1.3% | Malawi |
| 2020s | 14.7% | 16.9% | 2.2% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Liechtenstein or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 17.6% against 14.6% in Liechtenstein as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Liechtenstein and Malawi?
- 3.0%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liechtenstein and Malawi?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Liechtenstein and Malawi rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Liechtenstein ranks 235th and Malawi ranks 232nd 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 modeled historical data.