Niue vs Tanzania: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Niue
37.2%
in 2025
Tanzania
36.9%
in 2025
Niue rank
195th
Tanzania rank
197th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Niue
- Tanzania
How they compare
Niue currently reports 37.2% against 36.9% in Tanzania, a difference of 0.3%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Niue has been ahead every year.
Niue ranks 195th and Tanzania ranks 197th of 238 countries.
Niue has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niue | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 21.0% | 4.4% | 16.5% | Niue |
| 1960s | 21.4% | 5.0% | 16.4% | Niue |
| 1970s | 24.6% | 10.5% | 14.1% | Niue |
| 1980s | 31.0% | 16.7% | 14.3% | Niue |
| 1990s | 32.9% | 20.4% | 12.5% | Niue |
| 2000s | 35.5% | 24.6% | 10.9% | Niue |
| 2010s | 36.9% | 30.9% | 6.0% | Niue |
| 2020s | 36.2% | 35.3% | 0.9% | Niue |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Niue or Tanzania?
- Niue, at 37.2% against 36.9% in Tanzania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Niue and Tanzania?
- 0.3%, with Niue ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niue and Tanzania?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Niue and Tanzania rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Niue ranks 195th and Tanzania ranks 197th 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.
Individual pages
About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.