Statizoid

Micronesia (country) vs Tonga: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Micronesia (country)
22.5%
in 2025
Tonga
21.2%
in 2025
Micronesia (country) rank
226th
Tonga rank
229th

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

  • Micronesia (country)
  • Tonga
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How they compare

Micronesia (country) currently reports 22.5% against 21.2% in Tonga, a difference of 1.3%.

That makes Micronesia (country)'s figure about 1.1 times Tonga's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Micronesia (country) ahead.

Micronesia (country) ranks 226th and Tonga ranks 229th of 238 countries.

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About this data

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

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