Macao vs Nauru: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Macao
100.0%
in 2025
Nauru
100.0%
in 2025
Macao rank
1st
Nauru rank
1st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Macao
- Nauru
How they compare
Macao currently reports 100.0% against 100.0% in Nauru, a difference of 0.0%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Nauru has been ahead every year.
Macao ranks 1st and Nauru ranks 1st of 238 countries.
Nauru has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Macao | Nauru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 95.9% | 100.0% | 4.1% | Nauru |
| 1960s | 95.9% | 100.0% | 4.1% | Nauru |
| 1970s | 97.7% | 100.0% | 2.3% | Nauru |
| 1980s | 99.0% | 100.0% | 1.0% | Nauru |
| 1990s | 99.9% | 100.0% | 0.1% | Nauru |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | Nauru |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Macao or Nauru?
- Macao, at 100.0% against 100.0% in Nauru as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Macao and Nauru?
- 0.0%, with Macao ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Macao and Nauru?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Macao and Nauru rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Macao ranks 1st and Nauru ranks 1st 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.
Individual pages
About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.