Oman vs Palau: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Oman
79.5%
in 2025
Palau
79.3%
in 2025
Oman rank
73rd
Palau rank
75th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Oman
- Palau
How they compare
Oman currently reports 79.5% against 79.3% in Palau, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Palau ahead.
Oman ranks 73rd and Palau ranks 75th of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Oman averaged higher in 2 and Palau in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Oman | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11.8% | 33.9% | 22.1% | Palau |
| 1960s | 23.0% | 51.2% | 28.3% | Palau |
| 1970s | 43.2% | 60.7% | 17.5% | Palau |
| 1980s | 63.2% | 66.5% | 3.3% | Palau |
| 1990s | 71.4% | 70.5% | 0.9% | Oman |
| 2000s | 72.3% | 75.8% | 3.5% | Palau |
| 2010s | 77.2% | 80.4% | 3.2% | Palau |
| 2020s | 79.8% | 79.2% | 0.6% | Oman |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Oman or Palau?
- Oman, at 79.5% against 79.3% in Palau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Oman and Palau?
- 0.2%, with Oman ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Oman and Palau?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Oman and Palau rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Oman ranks 73rd and Palau ranks 75th 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.