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

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 regions.

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: 07 August 2026

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