Myanmar vs Solomon Islands: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Myanmar
30.6%
in 2025
Solomon Islands
31.3%
in 2025
Myanmar rank
213th
Solomon Islands rank
211th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Myanmar
- Solomon Islands
How they compare
Solomon Islands currently reports 31.3% against 30.6% in Myanmar, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Myanmar ahead.
Myanmar ranks 213th and Solomon Islands ranks 211th of 238 countries.
Myanmar has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Myanmar | Solomon Islands | 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% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Myanmar |
| 1700s | 1.6% | 0.1% | 1.5% | Myanmar |
| 1710s | 1.8% | 0.1% | 1.7% | Myanmar |
| 1720s | 2.0% | 0.1% | 1.9% | Myanmar |
| 1730s | 2.2% | 0.1% | 2.1% | Myanmar |
| 1740s | 2.4% | 0.1% | 2.2% | Myanmar |
| 1750s | 2.6% | 0.2% | 2.4% | Myanmar |
| 1760s | 2.9% | 0.2% | 2.7% | Myanmar |
| 1770s | 3.1% | 0.2% | 2.9% | Myanmar |
| 1780s | 3.4% | 0.3% | 3.2% | Myanmar |
| 1790s | 3.8% | 0.3% | 3.4% | Myanmar |
| 1800s | 4.1% | 0.4% | 3.8% | Myanmar |
| 1810s | 4.5% | 0.4% | 4.1% | Myanmar |
| 1820s | 5.0% | 0.5% | 4.4% | Myanmar |
| 1830s | 5.4% | 0.6% | 4.8% | Myanmar |
| 1840s | 5.9% | 0.7% | 5.2% | Myanmar |
| 1850s | 6.5% | 0.8% | 5.7% | Myanmar |
| 1860s | 7.1% | 0.9% | 6.2% | Myanmar |
| 1870s | 7.8% | 1.1% | 6.7% | Myanmar |
| 1880s | 8.6% | 1.3% | 7.3% | Myanmar |
| 1890s | 9.4% | 1.5% | 7.9% | Myanmar |
| 1900s | 10.3% | 1.8% | 8.5% | Myanmar |
| 1910s | 11.2% | 2.1% | 9.2% | Myanmar |
| 1920s | 12.3% | 2.4% | 9.9% | Myanmar |
| 1930s | 13.5% | 2.8% | 10.7% | Myanmar |
| 1940s | 14.8% | 3.3% | 11.5% | Myanmar |
| 1950s | 16.6% | 1.6% | 15.0% | Myanmar |
| 1960s | 21.1% | 4.4% | 16.7% | Myanmar |
| 1970s | 24.0% | 8.8% | 15.2% | Myanmar |
| 1980s | 25.1% | 12.3% | 12.7% | Myanmar |
| 1990s | 26.6% | 14.6% | 12.0% | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 28.3% | 17.5% | 10.8% | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 29.6% | 23.4% | 6.2% | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 30.4% | 29.7% | 0.7% | 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 Solomon Islands?
- Solomon Islands, at 31.3% 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 Solomon Islands?
- 0.7%, with Solomon Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Solomon Islands?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Myanmar and Solomon Islands rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Myanmar ranks 213th and Solomon Islands ranks 211th 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.