Mayotte vs United States Virgin Islands: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Mayotte
94.4%
in 2025
United States Virgin Islands
95.4%
in 2025
Mayotte rank
26th
United States Virgin Islands rank
24th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Mayotte
- United States Virgin Islands
How they compare
United States Virgin Islands currently reports 95.4% against 94.4% in Mayotte, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 102 shared years of data; in 1600 it was United States Virgin Islands ahead.
Mayotte ranks 26th and United States Virgin Islands ranks 24th of 238 countries.
Across the 34 decades both report, Mayotte averaged higher in 24 and United States Virgin Islands in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mayotte | United States Virgin Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600s | 0.0% | 1.9% | 1.9% | United States Virgin Islands |
| 1700s | 0.1% | 5.8% | 5.7% | United States Virgin Islands |
| 1710s | 11.3% | 6.6% | 4.7% | Mayotte |
| 1720s | 12.3% | 7.2% | 5.1% | Mayotte |
| 1730s | 13.5% | 7.9% | 5.6% | Mayotte |
| 1740s | 14.8% | 8.6% | 6.2% | Mayotte |
| 1750s | 16.2% | 9.5% | 6.8% | Mayotte |
| 1760s | 17.8% | 10.4% | 7.4% | Mayotte |
| 1770s | 19.4% | 11.3% | 8.1% | Mayotte |
| 1780s | 21.3% | 12.4% | 8.9% | Mayotte |
| 1790s | 23.3% | 13.6% | 9.7% | Mayotte |
| 1800s | 25.5% | 14.9% | 10.6% | Mayotte |
| 1810s | 28.0% | 16.3% | 11.7% | Mayotte |
| 1820s | 30.6% | 17.9% | 12.8% | Mayotte |
| 1830s | 33.6% | 19.6% | 14.0% | Mayotte |
| 1840s | 36.8% | 21.4% | 15.3% | Mayotte |
| 1850s | 40.3% | 23.5% | 16.8% | Mayotte |
| 1860s | 44.1% | 25.7% | 18.4% | Mayotte |
| 1870s | 48.3% | 28.2% | 20.1% | Mayotte |
| 1880s | 52.9% | 30.9% | 22.0% | Mayotte |
| 1890s | 57.9% | 33.8% | 24.1% | Mayotte |
| 1900s | 63.5% | 37.0% | 26.4% | Mayotte |
| 1910s | 69.5% | 40.5% | 29.0% | Mayotte |
| 1920s | 76.1% | 44.4% | 31.7% | Mayotte |
| 1930s | 83.4% | 48.6% | 34.7% | Mayotte |
| 1940s | 91.3% | 53.3% | 38.0% | Mayotte |
| 1950s | 10.3% | 57.6% | 47.3% | United States Virgin Islands |
| 1960s | 13.5% | 40.7% | 27.2% | United States Virgin Islands |
| 1970s | 15.8% | 29.8% | 14.0% | United States Virgin Islands |
| 1980s | 19.5% | 52.2% | 32.6% | United States Virgin Islands |
| 1990s | 52.9% | 83.1% | 30.2% | United States Virgin Islands |
| 2000s | 83.3% | 93.7% | 10.5% | United States Virgin Islands |
| 2010s | 94.9% | 94.9% | 0.0% | United States Virgin Islands |
| 2020s | 94.4% | 95.2% | 0.8% | United States Virgin Islands |
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 United States Virgin Islands?
- United States Virgin Islands, at 95.4% against 94.4% in Mayotte as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Mayotte and United States Virgin Islands?
- 1.0%, with United States Virgin Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mayotte and United States Virgin Islands?
- 102 years are reported by both, from 1600 to 2025.
- How do Mayotte and United States Virgin Islands rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Mayotte ranks 26th and United States Virgin Islands ranks 24th 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.