Niger vs Tonga: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Niger
18.4%
in 2025
Tonga
21.2%
in 2025
Niger rank
231st
Tonga rank
229th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Niger
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 21.2% against 18.4% in Niger, a difference of 2.8%.
That makes Tonga's figure about 1.2 times Niger's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Niger ahead.
Niger ranks 231st and Tonga ranks 229th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 25 and Tonga in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Tonga | 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% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Niger |
| 1720s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Niger |
| 1730s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Niger |
| 1740s | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | Niger |
| 1750s | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.6% | Niger |
| 1760s | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | Niger |
| 1770s | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | Niger |
| 1780s | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.7% | Niger |
| 1790s | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.7% | Niger |
| 1800s | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% | Niger |
| 1810s | 1.3% | 0.6% | 0.7% | Niger |
| 1820s | 1.4% | 0.7% | 0.7% | Niger |
| 1830s | 1.6% | 0.9% | 0.7% | Niger |
| 1840s | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0.6% | Niger |
| 1850s | 1.9% | 1.4% | 0.5% | Niger |
| 1860s | 2.1% | 1.7% | 0.3% | Niger |
| 1870s | 2.3% | 2.2% | 0.1% | Niger |
| 1880s | 2.5% | 2.7% | 0.2% | Tonga |
| 1890s | 2.7% | 3.4% | 0.7% | Tonga |
| 1900s | 3.0% | 4.2% | 1.3% | Tonga |
| 1910s | 3.2% | 5.3% | 2.0% | Tonga |
| 1920s | 3.6% | 6.6% | 3.0% | Tonga |
| 1930s | 3.9% | 8.2% | 4.4% | Tonga |
| 1940s | 4.3% | 10.3% | 6.0% | Tonga |
| 1950s | 5.3% | 15.6% | 10.2% | Tonga |
| 1960s | 6.8% | 19.6% | 12.8% | Tonga |
| 1970s | 11.5% | 20.3% | 8.8% | Tonga |
| 1980s | 14.6% | 21.3% | 6.6% | Tonga |
| 1990s | 15.7% | 22.7% | 7.0% | Tonga |
| 2000s | 16.3% | 23.2% | 6.9% | Tonga |
| 2010s | 16.4% | 23.1% | 6.8% | Tonga |
| 2020s | 17.6% | 21.3% | 3.6% | Tonga |
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 Tonga?
- Tonga, at 21.2% against 18.4% in Niger as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Niger and Tonga?
- 2.8%, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Tonga?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Niger and Tonga rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Niger ranks 231st and Tonga ranks 229th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.