Mayotte vs Puerto Rico: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Mayotte
94.4%
in 2025
Puerto Rico
94.3%
in 2025
Mayotte rank
26th
Puerto Rico rank
28th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Mayotte
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Mayotte currently reports 94.4% against 94.3% in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 102 shared years of data; in 1600 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Mayotte ranks 26th and Puerto Rico ranks 28th of 238 countries.
Across the 34 decades both report, Mayotte averaged higher in 26 and Puerto Rico in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mayotte | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600s | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.3% | Puerto Rico |
| 1700s | 0.1% | 4.1% | 4.0% | Puerto Rico |
| 1710s | 11.3% | 4.6% | 6.7% | Mayotte |
| 1720s | 12.3% | 5.0% | 7.3% | Mayotte |
| 1730s | 13.5% | 5.5% | 8.0% | Mayotte |
| 1740s | 14.8% | 6.0% | 8.8% | Mayotte |
| 1750s | 16.2% | 6.6% | 9.6% | Mayotte |
| 1760s | 17.8% | 7.2% | 10.5% | Mayotte |
| 1770s | 19.4% | 7.9% | 11.6% | Mayotte |
| 1780s | 21.3% | 8.6% | 12.7% | Mayotte |
| 1790s | 23.3% | 9.5% | 13.9% | Mayotte |
| 1800s | 25.5% | 10.4% | 15.2% | Mayotte |
| 1810s | 28.0% | 11.4% | 16.6% | Mayotte |
| 1820s | 30.6% | 12.4% | 18.2% | Mayotte |
| 1830s | 33.6% | 13.6% | 19.9% | Mayotte |
| 1840s | 36.8% | 14.9% | 21.8% | Mayotte |
| 1850s | 40.3% | 16.3% | 23.9% | Mayotte |
| 1860s | 44.1% | 17.9% | 26.2% | Mayotte |
| 1870s | 48.3% | 19.6% | 28.7% | Mayotte |
| 1880s | 52.9% | 21.5% | 31.4% | Mayotte |
| 1890s | 57.9% | 23.5% | 34.4% | Mayotte |
| 1900s | 63.5% | 25.8% | 37.7% | Mayotte |
| 1910s | 69.5% | 28.2% | 41.3% | Mayotte |
| 1920s | 76.1% | 30.9% | 45.2% | Mayotte |
| 1930s | 83.4% | 33.8% | 49.5% | Mayotte |
| 1940s | 91.3% | 37.1% | 54.2% | Mayotte |
| 1950s | 10.3% | 41.7% | 31.5% | Puerto Rico |
| 1960s | 13.5% | 49.5% | 36.0% | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 15.8% | 61.3% | 45.5% | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 19.5% | 74.2% | 54.6% | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 52.9% | 90.2% | 37.3% | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 83.3% | 94.1% | 10.8% | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 94.9% | 93.8% | 1.1% | Mayotte |
| 2020s | 94.4% | 94.2% | 0.2% | Mayotte |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Mayotte or Puerto Rico?
- Mayotte, at 94.4% against 94.3% in Puerto Rico as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Mayotte and Puerto Rico?
- 0.1%, with Mayotte ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mayotte and Puerto Rico?
- 102 years are reported by both, from 1600 to 2025.
- How do Mayotte and Puerto Rico rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Mayotte ranks 26th and Puerto Rico ranks 28th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.