Mayotte vs Uruguay: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Mayotte

94.4%

in 2025

Uruguay

95.7%

in 2025

Mayotte rank

26th

Uruguay rank

23rd

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

Uruguay currently reports 95.7% against 94.4% in Mayotte, a difference of 1.2%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 102 shared years of data; in 1600 it was Uruguay ahead.

Mayotte ranks 26th and Uruguay ranks 23rd of 238 regions.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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