Pakistan vs Vietnam: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Pakistan
39.5%
in 2025
Vietnam
38.8%
in 2025
Pakistan rank
189th
Vietnam rank
191st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Pakistan
- Vietnam
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 39.5% against 38.8% in Vietnam, a difference of 0.7%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Pakistan has been ahead every year.
Pakistan ranks 189th and Vietnam ranks 191st of 238 countries.
Pakistan has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Pakistan | Vietnam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Pakistan |
| 1500s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Pakistan |
| 1600s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Pakistan |
| 1700s | 1.9% | 1.3% | 0.6% | Pakistan |
| 1710s | 2.2% | 1.4% | 0.7% | Pakistan |
| 1720s | 2.4% | 1.6% | 0.8% | Pakistan |
| 1730s | 2.6% | 1.7% | 0.9% | Pakistan |
| 1740s | 2.8% | 1.9% | 0.9% | Pakistan |
| 1750s | 3.1% | 2.1% | 1.0% | Pakistan |
| 1760s | 3.4% | 2.3% | 1.1% | Pakistan |
| 1770s | 3.7% | 2.5% | 1.2% | Pakistan |
| 1780s | 4.1% | 2.7% | 1.4% | Pakistan |
| 1790s | 4.5% | 3.0% | 1.5% | Pakistan |
| 1800s | 4.9% | 3.3% | 1.6% | Pakistan |
| 1810s | 5.4% | 3.6% | 1.8% | Pakistan |
| 1820s | 5.9% | 3.9% | 2.0% | Pakistan |
| 1830s | 6.5% | 4.3% | 2.1% | Pakistan |
| 1840s | 7.1% | 4.7% | 2.3% | Pakistan |
| 1850s | 7.7% | 5.2% | 2.6% | Pakistan |
| 1860s | 8.5% | 5.7% | 2.8% | Pakistan |
| 1870s | 9.3% | 6.2% | 3.1% | Pakistan |
| 1880s | 10.2% | 6.8% | 3.4% | Pakistan |
| 1890s | 11.1% | 7.4% | 3.7% | Pakistan |
| 1900s | 12.2% | 8.1% | 4.0% | Pakistan |
| 1910s | 13.4% | 8.9% | 4.4% | Pakistan |
| 1920s | 14.6% | 9.8% | 4.9% | Pakistan |
| 1930s | 16.0% | 10.7% | 5.3% | Pakistan |
| 1940s | 17.5% | 11.7% | 5.8% | Pakistan |
| 1950s | 19.8% | 11.6% | 8.2% | Pakistan |
| 1960s | 23.5% | 17.6% | 5.9% | Pakistan |
| 1970s | 26.2% | 20.2% | 6.0% | Pakistan |
| 1980s | 29.3% | 19.1% | 10.3% | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 31.8% | 21.3% | 10.5% | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 33.8% | 27.1% | 6.7% | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 35.8% | 32.3% | 3.6% | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 38.6% | 37.5% | 1.0% | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Pakistan or Vietnam?
- Pakistan, at 39.5% against 38.8% in Vietnam as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Pakistan and Vietnam?
- 0.7%, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Pakistan and Vietnam?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Pakistan and Vietnam rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Pakistan ranks 189th and Vietnam ranks 191st 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.