Namibia vs Romania: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Namibia

50.9%

in 2025

Romania

52.2%

in 2025

Namibia rank

169th

Romania rank

166th

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

Romania currently reports 52.2% against 50.9% in Namibia, a difference of 1.3%.

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

Namibia ranks 169th and Romania ranks 166th 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.