Myanmar vs Rwanda: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Myanmar

30.6%

in 2025

Rwanda

30.9%

in 2025

Myanmar rank

213th

Rwanda rank

212th

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

Rwanda currently reports 30.9% against 30.6% in Myanmar, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Myanmar ahead.

Myanmar ranks 213th and Rwanda ranks 212th 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.