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Maldives vs Moldova: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Maldives
42.5%
in 2025
Moldova
43.7%
in 2025
Maldives rank
183rd
Moldova rank
180th

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

  • Maldives
  • Moldova
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How they compare

Moldova currently reports 43.7% against 42.5% in Maldives, a difference of 1.2%.

Across all 76 years both countries report, Moldova has been ahead every year.

Maldives ranks 183rd and Moldova ranks 180th of 238 countries.

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