Morocco vs Thailand: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Morocco

63.1%

in 2025

Thailand

62.8%

in 2025

Morocco rank

131st

Thailand rank

133rd

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

Morocco currently reports 63.1% against 62.8% in Thailand, a difference of 0.3%.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Morocco has been ahead every year.

Morocco ranks 131st and Thailand ranks 133rd of 238 countries.

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.