Pakistan vs Zimbabwe: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Pakistan
39.5%
in 2025
Zimbabwe
40.5%
in 2025
Pakistan rank
189th
Zimbabwe rank
186th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Pakistan
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 40.5% against 39.5% in Pakistan, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Pakistan ahead.
Pakistan ranks 189th and Zimbabwe ranks 186th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Pakistan averaged higher in 39 and Zimbabwe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Pakistan | Zimbabwe | 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% | 0.3% | Pakistan |
| 1700s | 1.9% | 1.1% | 0.9% | Pakistan |
| 1710s | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% | Pakistan |
| 1720s | 2.4% | 1.3% | 1.1% | Pakistan |
| 1730s | 2.6% | 1.4% | 1.2% | Pakistan |
| 1740s | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1.3% | Pakistan |
| 1750s | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1.4% | Pakistan |
| 1760s | 3.4% | 1.9% | 1.5% | Pakistan |
| 1770s | 3.7% | 2.1% | 1.7% | Pakistan |
| 1780s | 4.1% | 2.3% | 1.8% | Pakistan |
| 1790s | 4.5% | 2.5% | 2.0% | Pakistan |
| 1800s | 4.9% | 2.7% | 2.2% | Pakistan |
| 1810s | 5.4% | 3.0% | 2.4% | Pakistan |
| 1820s | 5.9% | 3.3% | 2.6% | Pakistan |
| 1830s | 6.5% | 3.6% | 2.9% | Pakistan |
| 1840s | 7.1% | 3.9% | 3.2% | Pakistan |
| 1850s | 7.7% | 4.3% | 3.5% | Pakistan |
| 1860s | 8.5% | 4.7% | 3.8% | Pakistan |
| 1870s | 9.3% | 5.1% | 4.1% | Pakistan |
| 1880s | 10.2% | 5.6% | 4.5% | Pakistan |
| 1890s | 11.1% | 6.2% | 5.0% | Pakistan |
| 1900s | 12.2% | 6.8% | 5.4% | Pakistan |
| 1910s | 13.4% | 7.4% | 6.0% | Pakistan |
| 1920s | 14.6% | 8.1% | 6.5% | Pakistan |
| 1930s | 16.0% | 8.9% | 7.1% | Pakistan |
| 1940s | 17.5% | 9.7% | 7.8% | Pakistan |
| 1950s | 19.8% | 11.3% | 8.5% | Pakistan |
| 1960s | 23.5% | 14.4% | 9.1% | Pakistan |
| 1970s | 26.2% | 19.6% | 6.6% | Pakistan |
| 1980s | 29.3% | 25.4% | 3.9% | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 31.8% | 31.2% | 0.6% | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 33.8% | 32.6% | 1.2% | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 35.8% | 33.8% | 2.0% | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 38.6% | 38.9% | 0.3% | Zimbabwe |
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 Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 40.5% against 39.5% in Pakistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Pakistan and Zimbabwe?
- 1.0%, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Pakistan and Zimbabwe?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Pakistan and Zimbabwe rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Pakistan ranks 189th and Zimbabwe ranks 186th 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 modeled historical data.