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
- Myanmar
- Rwanda
How they compare
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.
Myanmar has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Myanmar | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Myanmar |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Myanmar |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Myanmar |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Myanmar |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Myanmar |
| 1500s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Myanmar |
| 1600s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Myanmar |
| 1700s | 1.6% | 0.2% | 1.4% | Myanmar |
| 1710s | 1.8% | 0.2% | 1.6% | Myanmar |
| 1720s | 2.0% | 0.2% | 1.8% | Myanmar |
| 1730s | 2.2% | 0.2% | 1.9% | Myanmar |
| 1740s | 2.4% | 0.3% | 2.1% | Myanmar |
| 1750s | 2.6% | 0.3% | 2.3% | Myanmar |
| 1760s | 2.9% | 0.3% | 2.6% | Myanmar |
| 1770s | 3.1% | 0.3% | 2.8% | Myanmar |
| 1780s | 3.4% | 0.4% | 3.1% | Myanmar |
| 1790s | 3.8% | 0.4% | 3.4% | Myanmar |
| 1800s | 4.1% | 0.5% | 3.7% | Myanmar |
| 1810s | 4.5% | 0.5% | 4.0% | Myanmar |
| 1820s | 5.0% | 0.5% | 4.4% | Myanmar |
| 1830s | 5.4% | 0.6% | 4.8% | Myanmar |
| 1840s | 5.9% | 0.7% | 5.3% | Myanmar |
| 1850s | 6.5% | 0.7% | 5.8% | Myanmar |
| 1860s | 7.1% | 0.8% | 6.3% | Myanmar |
| 1870s | 7.8% | 0.9% | 6.9% | Myanmar |
| 1880s | 8.6% | 0.9% | 7.6% | Myanmar |
| 1890s | 9.4% | 1.0% | 8.3% | Myanmar |
| 1900s | 10.3% | 1.1% | 9.1% | Myanmar |
| 1910s | 11.2% | 1.2% | 10.0% | Myanmar |
| 1920s | 12.3% | 1.4% | 10.9% | Myanmar |
| 1930s | 13.5% | 1.5% | 12.0% | Myanmar |
| 1940s | 14.8% | 1.6% | 13.1% | Myanmar |
| 1950s | 16.6% | 2.2% | 14.4% | Myanmar |
| 1960s | 21.1% | 2.9% | 18.2% | Myanmar |
| 1970s | 24.0% | 4.0% | 20.0% | Myanmar |
| 1980s | 25.1% | 5.0% | 20.0% | Myanmar |
| 1990s | 26.6% | 8.9% | 17.7% | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 28.3% | 16.8% | 11.5% | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 29.6% | 18.7% | 10.9% | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 30.4% | 28.0% | 2.3% | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Myanmar or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 30.9% against 30.6% in Myanmar as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Myanmar and Rwanda?
- 0.3%, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Rwanda?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Myanmar and Rwanda rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Myanmar ranks 213th and Rwanda ranks 212th 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 modeled historical data.