Martinique vs Reunion: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Martinique
96.8%
in 2025
Reunion
97.3%
in 2025
Martinique rank
19th
Reunion rank
17th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Martinique
- Reunion
How they compare
Reunion currently reports 97.3% against 96.8% in Martinique, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1500 it was Reunion ahead.
Martinique ranks 19th and Reunion ranks 17th of 238 countries.
Across the 35 decades both report, Martinique averaged higher in 9 and Reunion in 26.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Martinique | Reunion | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Reunion |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.6% | Reunion |
| 1700s | 0.4% | 2.3% | 1.9% | Reunion |
| 1710s | 0.4% | 2.6% | 2.2% | Reunion |
| 1720s | 0.5% | 2.9% | 2.4% | Reunion |
| 1730s | 0.6% | 3.2% | 2.6% | Reunion |
| 1740s | 0.7% | 3.5% | 2.8% | Reunion |
| 1750s | 0.9% | 3.8% | 3.0% | Reunion |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 4.2% | 3.1% | Reunion |
| 1770s | 1.2% | 4.6% | 3.3% | Reunion |
| 1780s | 1.5% | 5.0% | 3.5% | Reunion |
| 1790s | 1.8% | 5.5% | 3.7% | Reunion |
| 1800s | 2.1% | 6.0% | 3.9% | Reunion |
| 1810s | 2.6% | 6.6% | 4.0% | Reunion |
| 1820s | 3.1% | 7.2% | 4.1% | Reunion |
| 1830s | 3.7% | 7.9% | 4.2% | Reunion |
| 1840s | 4.4% | 8.6% | 4.2% | Reunion |
| 1850s | 5.3% | 9.5% | 4.1% | Reunion |
| 1860s | 6.4% | 10.4% | 4.0% | Reunion |
| 1870s | 7.6% | 11.3% | 3.7% | Reunion |
| 1880s | 9.2% | 12.4% | 3.2% | Reunion |
| 1890s | 11.0% | 13.6% | 2.6% | Reunion |
| 1900s | 13.2% | 14.9% | 1.7% | Reunion |
| 1910s | 15.9% | 16.3% | 0.5% | Reunion |
| 1920s | 19.0% | 17.9% | 1.2% | Martinique |
| 1930s | 22.8% | 19.6% | 3.3% | Martinique |
| 1940s | 27.4% | 21.5% | 6.0% | Martinique |
| 1950s | 33.7% | 27.8% | 5.9% | Martinique |
| 1960s | 49.1% | 38.8% | 10.4% | Martinique |
| 1970s | 70.3% | 44.8% | 25.5% | Martinique |
| 1980s | 84.6% | 68.0% | 16.6% | Martinique |
| 1990s | 91.5% | 85.5% | 6.0% | Martinique |
| 2000s | 95.8% | 94.9% | 0.8% | Martinique |
| 2010s | 96.6% | 98.3% | 1.7% | Reunion |
| 2020s | 96.7% | 97.2% | 0.5% | Reunion |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Martinique or Reunion?
- Reunion, at 97.3% against 96.8% in Martinique as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Martinique and Reunion?
- 0.5%, with Reunion ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Martinique and Reunion?
- 103 years are reported by both, from 1500 to 2025.
- How do Martinique and Reunion rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Martinique ranks 19th and Reunion ranks 17th 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.