Mauritius vs Pakistan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Mauritius
39.0%
in 2025
Pakistan
39.5%
in 2025
Mauritius rank
190th
Pakistan rank
189th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Mauritius
- Pakistan
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 39.5% against 39.0% in Mauritius, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 101 shared years of data; in 1700 it was Pakistan ahead.
Mauritius ranks 190th and Pakistan ranks 189th of 238 countries.
Across the 33 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 11 and Pakistan in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritius | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 0.1% | 1.9% | 1.8% | Pakistan |
| 1710s | 0.1% | 2.2% | 2.0% | Pakistan |
| 1720s | 0.2% | 2.4% | 2.2% | Pakistan |
| 1730s | 0.2% | 2.6% | 2.4% | Pakistan |
| 1740s | 0.3% | 2.8% | 2.6% | Pakistan |
| 1750s | 0.3% | 3.1% | 2.8% | Pakistan |
| 1760s | 0.4% | 3.4% | 3.0% | Pakistan |
| 1770s | 0.5% | 3.7% | 3.2% | Pakistan |
| 1780s | 0.7% | 4.1% | 3.4% | Pakistan |
| 1790s | 0.8% | 4.5% | 3.7% | Pakistan |
| 1800s | 1.0% | 4.9% | 3.9% | Pakistan |
| 1810s | 1.3% | 5.4% | 4.1% | Pakistan |
| 1820s | 1.6% | 5.9% | 4.3% | Pakistan |
| 1830s | 2.0% | 6.5% | 4.4% | Pakistan |
| 1840s | 2.5% | 7.1% | 4.5% | Pakistan |
| 1850s | 3.1% | 7.7% | 4.6% | Pakistan |
| 1860s | 3.9% | 8.5% | 4.5% | Pakistan |
| 1870s | 4.9% | 9.3% | 4.4% | Pakistan |
| 1880s | 6.2% | 10.2% | 4.0% | Pakistan |
| 1890s | 7.7% | 11.1% | 3.4% | Pakistan |
| 1900s | 9.6% | 12.2% | 2.6% | Pakistan |
| 1910s | 12.0% | 13.4% | 1.3% | Pakistan |
| 1920s | 15.0% | 14.6% | 0.4% | Mauritius |
| 1930s | 18.8% | 16.0% | 2.7% | Mauritius |
| 1940s | 23.5% | 17.5% | 5.9% | Mauritius |
| 1950s | 36.5% | 19.8% | 16.7% | Mauritius |
| 1960s | 42.1% | 23.5% | 18.6% | Mauritius |
| 1970s | 43.5% | 26.2% | 17.3% | Mauritius |
| 1980s | 42.4% | 29.3% | 13.1% | Mauritius |
| 1990s | 43.2% | 31.8% | 11.4% | Mauritius |
| 2000s | 41.2% | 33.8% | 7.4% | Mauritius |
| 2010s | 39.7% | 35.8% | 3.9% | Mauritius |
| 2020s | 39.0% | 38.6% | 0.5% | Mauritius |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Mauritius or Pakistan?
- Pakistan, at 39.5% against 39.0% in Mauritius as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Mauritius and Pakistan?
- 0.5%, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Pakistan?
- 101 years are reported by both, from 1700 to 2025.
- How do Mauritius and Pakistan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Mauritius ranks 190th and Pakistan ranks 189th 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.