Niger vs Papua New Guinea: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Niger
18.4%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
15.8%
in 2025
Niger rank
231st
Papua New Guinea rank
234th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Niger
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Niger currently reports 18.4% against 15.8% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 2.6%.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.2 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Niger ahead.
Niger ranks 231st and Papua New Guinea ranks 234th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 39 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Niger |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Niger |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Niger |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Niger |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Niger |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Niger |
| 1600s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Niger |
| 1700s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | Niger |
| 1710s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Niger |
| 1720s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Niger |
| 1730s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Niger |
| 1740s | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Niger |
| 1750s | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.7% | Niger |
| 1760s | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.8% | Niger |
| 1770s | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.8% | Niger |
| 1780s | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% | Niger |
| 1790s | 1.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% | Niger |
| 1800s | 1.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% | Niger |
| 1810s | 1.3% | 0.1% | 1.2% | Niger |
| 1820s | 1.4% | 0.2% | 1.3% | Niger |
| 1830s | 1.6% | 0.2% | 1.4% | Niger |
| 1840s | 1.7% | 0.2% | 1.5% | Niger |
| 1850s | 1.9% | 0.3% | 1.6% | Niger |
| 1860s | 2.1% | 0.3% | 1.8% | Niger |
| 1870s | 2.3% | 0.3% | 1.9% | Niger |
| 1880s | 2.5% | 0.4% | 2.1% | Niger |
| 1890s | 2.7% | 0.5% | 2.2% | Niger |
| 1900s | 3.0% | 0.5% | 2.4% | Niger |
| 1910s | 3.2% | 0.6% | 2.6% | Niger |
| 1920s | 3.6% | 0.7% | 2.8% | Niger |
| 1930s | 3.9% | 0.9% | 3.0% | Niger |
| 1940s | 4.3% | 1.0% | 3.3% | Niger |
| 1950s | 5.3% | 2.2% | 3.1% | Niger |
| 1960s | 6.8% | 5.6% | 1.2% | Niger |
| 1970s | 11.5% | 12.3% | 0.8% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 14.6% | 14.1% | 0.6% | Niger |
| 1990s | 15.7% | 14.4% | 1.3% | Niger |
| 2000s | 16.3% | 13.1% | 3.2% | Niger |
| 2010s | 16.4% | 13.3% | 3.1% | Niger |
| 2020s | 17.6% | 14.9% | 2.7% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Niger or Papua New Guinea?
- Niger, at 18.4% against 15.8% in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Niger and Papua New Guinea?
- 2.6%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Papua New Guinea?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Niger and Papua New Guinea rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Niger ranks 231st and Papua New Guinea ranks 234th 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 modelled historical data.