Namibia vs Uzbekistan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Namibia
50.9%
in 2025
Uzbekistan
51.0%
in 2025
Namibia rank
169th
Uzbekistan rank
168th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Namibia
- Uzbekistan
How they compare
Uzbekistan currently reports 51.0% against 50.9% in Namibia, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Namibia ahead.
Namibia ranks 169th and Uzbekistan ranks 168th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 23 and Uzbekistan in 17.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Uzbekistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Namibia |
| 1600s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Namibia |
| 1700s | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | Namibia |
| 1710s | 1.5% | 0.4% | 1.1% | Namibia |
| 1720s | 1.7% | 0.5% | 1.2% | Namibia |
| 1730s | 1.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% | Namibia |
| 1740s | 2.0% | 0.7% | 1.3% | Namibia |
| 1750s | 2.2% | 0.8% | 1.3% | Namibia |
| 1760s | 2.4% | 1.0% | 1.4% | Namibia |
| 1770s | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1.4% | Namibia |
| 1780s | 2.9% | 1.4% | 1.4% | Namibia |
| 1790s | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1.4% | Namibia |
| 1800s | 3.4% | 2.1% | 1.4% | Namibia |
| 1810s | 3.8% | 2.5% | 1.3% | Namibia |
| 1820s | 4.1% | 3.0% | 1.1% | Namibia |
| 1830s | 4.5% | 3.6% | 0.9% | Namibia |
| 1840s | 4.9% | 4.3% | 0.7% | Namibia |
| 1850s | 5.4% | 5.1% | 0.3% | Namibia |
| 1860s | 5.9% | 6.1% | 0.2% | Uzbekistan |
| 1870s | 6.5% | 7.4% | 0.9% | Uzbekistan |
| 1880s | 7.1% | 8.8% | 1.7% | Uzbekistan |
| 1890s | 7.8% | 10.6% | 2.8% | Uzbekistan |
| 1900s | 8.5% | 12.7% | 4.2% | Uzbekistan |
| 1910s | 9.3% | 15.3% | 6.0% | Uzbekistan |
| 1920s | 10.2% | 18.3% | 8.1% | Uzbekistan |
| 1930s | 11.2% | 22.0% | 10.8% | Uzbekistan |
| 1940s | 12.2% | 26.4% | 14.2% | Uzbekistan |
| 1950s | 19.1% | 31.2% | 12.1% | Uzbekistan |
| 1960s | 24.2% | 35.5% | 11.3% | Uzbekistan |
| 1970s | 25.3% | 38.6% | 13.3% | Uzbekistan |
| 1980s | 26.1% | 40.9% | 14.8% | Uzbekistan |
| 1990s | 28.7% | 43.4% | 14.7% | Uzbekistan |
| 2000s | 36.2% | 50.4% | 14.1% | Uzbekistan |
| 2010s | 45.1% | 50.9% | 5.9% | Uzbekistan |
| 2020s | 49.7% | 50.9% | 1.2% | Uzbekistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Namibia or Uzbekistan?
- Uzbekistan, at 51.0% against 50.9% in Namibia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Namibia and Uzbekistan?
- 0.1%, with Uzbekistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Uzbekistan?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Namibia and Uzbekistan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Namibia ranks 169th and Uzbekistan ranks 168th 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.