Mauritius vs Vietnam: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Mauritius
39.0%
in 2025
Vietnam
38.8%
in 2025
Mauritius rank
190th
Vietnam rank
191st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Mauritius
- Vietnam
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 39.0% against 38.8% in Vietnam, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 101 shared years of data; in 1700 it was Vietnam ahead.
Mauritius ranks 190th and Vietnam ranks 191st of 238 countries.
Across the 33 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 14 and Vietnam in 19.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritius | Vietnam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 0.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% | Vietnam |
| 1710s | 0.1% | 1.4% | 1.3% | Vietnam |
| 1720s | 0.2% | 1.6% | 1.4% | Vietnam |
| 1730s | 0.2% | 1.7% | 1.5% | Vietnam |
| 1740s | 0.3% | 1.9% | 1.6% | Vietnam |
| 1750s | 0.3% | 2.1% | 1.7% | Vietnam |
| 1760s | 0.4% | 2.3% | 1.9% | Vietnam |
| 1770s | 0.5% | 2.5% | 2.0% | Vietnam |
| 1780s | 0.7% | 2.7% | 2.1% | Vietnam |
| 1790s | 0.8% | 3.0% | 2.2% | Vietnam |
| 1800s | 1.0% | 3.3% | 2.2% | Vietnam |
| 1810s | 1.3% | 3.6% | 2.3% | Vietnam |
| 1820s | 1.6% | 3.9% | 2.3% | Vietnam |
| 1830s | 2.0% | 4.3% | 2.3% | Vietnam |
| 1840s | 2.5% | 4.7% | 2.2% | Vietnam |
| 1850s | 3.1% | 5.2% | 2.0% | Vietnam |
| 1860s | 3.9% | 5.7% | 1.7% | Vietnam |
| 1870s | 4.9% | 6.2% | 1.3% | Vietnam |
| 1880s | 6.2% | 6.8% | 0.6% | Vietnam |
| 1890s | 7.7% | 7.4% | 0.2% | Mauritius |
| 1900s | 9.6% | 8.1% | 1.5% | Mauritius |
| 1910s | 12.0% | 8.9% | 3.1% | Mauritius |
| 1920s | 15.0% | 9.8% | 5.2% | Mauritius |
| 1930s | 18.8% | 10.7% | 8.1% | Mauritius |
| 1940s | 23.5% | 11.7% | 11.7% | Mauritius |
| 1950s | 36.5% | 11.6% | 24.8% | Mauritius |
| 1960s | 42.1% | 17.6% | 24.4% | Mauritius |
| 1970s | 43.5% | 20.2% | 23.3% | Mauritius |
| 1980s | 42.4% | 19.1% | 23.3% | Mauritius |
| 1990s | 43.2% | 21.3% | 21.9% | Mauritius |
| 2000s | 41.2% | 27.1% | 14.1% | Mauritius |
| 2010s | 39.7% | 32.3% | 7.5% | Mauritius |
| 2020s | 39.0% | 37.5% | 1.5% | 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 Vietnam?
- Mauritius, at 39.0% against 38.8% in Vietnam as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Mauritius and Vietnam?
- 0.2%, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Vietnam?
- 101 years are reported by both, from 1700 to 2025.
- How do Mauritius and Vietnam rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Mauritius ranks 190th and Vietnam ranks 191st 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.