Moldova vs Togo: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Moldova
43.7%
in 2025
Togo
44.4%
in 2025
Moldova rank
180th
Togo rank
179th

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

  • Moldova
  • Togo
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How they compare

Togo currently reports 44.4% against 43.7% in Moldova, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Moldova ahead.

Moldova ranks 180th and Togo ranks 179th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Moldova averaged higher in 34 and Togo in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Moldova Togo Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Moldova
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Moldova
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Moldova
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Moldova
1400s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Moldova
1500s 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% Moldova
1600s 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% Moldova
1700s 1.0% 0.4% 0.6% Moldova
1710s 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% Moldova
1720s 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% Moldova
1730s 1.0% 0.6% 0.4% Moldova
1740s 1.0% 0.6% 0.4% Moldova
1750s 1.0% 0.7% 0.3% Moldova
1760s 1.0% 0.7% 0.3% Moldova
1770s 1.0% 0.8% 0.2% Moldova
1780s 1.0% 0.9% 0.1% Moldova
1790s 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% Moldova
1800s 1.0% 1.1% 0.1% Togo
1810s 1.0% 1.2% 0.2% Togo
1820s 1.0% 1.3% 0.3% Togo
1830s 1.1% 1.4% 0.3% Togo
1840s 1.4% 1.5% 0.1% Togo
1850s 1.8% 1.7% 0.1% Moldova
1860s 2.2% 1.8% 0.4% Moldova
1870s 2.8% 2.0% 0.8% Moldova
1880s 3.5% 2.2% 1.3% Moldova
1890s 4.3% 2.4% 1.9% Moldova
1900s 5.4% 2.6% 2.8% Moldova
1910s 6.8% 2.9% 3.9% Moldova
1920s 8.4% 3.2% 5.3% Moldova
1930s 10.6% 3.5% 7.1% Moldova
1940s 13.2% 3.8% 9.4% Moldova
1950s 19.9% 8.3% 11.6% Moldova
1960s 26.9% 15.8% 11.0% Moldova
1970s 35.9% 23.0% 12.9% Moldova
1980s 43.3% 26.4% 16.9% Moldova
1990s 44.9% 30.6% 14.3% Moldova
2000s 39.5% 35.1% 4.4% Moldova
2010s 39.8% 39.5% 0.3% Moldova
2020s 42.6% 43.1% 0.4% Togo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Moldova or Togo?
Togo, at 44.4% against 43.7% in Moldova as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Moldova and Togo?
0.7%, with Togo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Moldova and Togo?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Moldova and Togo rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Moldova ranks 180th and Togo ranks 179th 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

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 modeled historical data.