Montenegro vs Suriname: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Montenegro
65.6%
in 2025
Suriname
65.8%
in 2025
Montenegro rank
121st
Suriname rank
120th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Montenegro
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 65.8% against 65.6% in Montenegro, a difference of 0.2%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Suriname has been ahead every year.
Montenegro ranks 121st and Suriname ranks 120th of 238 countries.
Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Montenegro | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 16.9% | 47.7% | 30.8% | Suriname |
| 1960s | 28.8% | 64.9% | 36.1% | Suriname |
| 1970s | 38.7% | 66.0% | 27.2% | Suriname |
| 1980s | 46.7% | 66.2% | 19.5% | Suriname |
| 1990s | 52.6% | 66.5% | 13.9% | Suriname |
| 2000s | 62.1% | 66.7% | 4.5% | Suriname |
| 2010s | 64.8% | 66.2% | 1.5% | Suriname |
| 2020s | 65.4% | 65.9% | 0.4% | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Montenegro or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 65.8% against 65.6% in Montenegro as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Montenegro and Suriname?
- 0.2%, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Montenegro and Suriname?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Montenegro and Suriname rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Montenegro ranks 121st and Suriname ranks 120th 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 modelled historical data.