Palau vs Taiwan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Palau
79.3%
in 2025
Taiwan
78.9%
in 2025
Palau rank
75th
Taiwan rank
78th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Palau
- Taiwan
How they compare
Palau currently reports 79.3% against 78.9% in Taiwan, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Taiwan ahead.
Palau ranks 75th and Taiwan ranks 78th of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Palau averaged higher in 3 and Taiwan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Palau | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 33.9% | 46.6% | 12.7% | Taiwan |
| 1960s | 51.2% | 51.9% | 0.6% | Taiwan |
| 1970s | 60.7% | 59.8% | 0.8% | Palau |
| 1980s | 66.5% | 73.2% | 6.7% | Taiwan |
| 1990s | 70.5% | 76.9% | 6.4% | Taiwan |
| 2000s | 75.8% | 78.8% | 2.9% | Taiwan |
| 2010s | 80.4% | 79.9% | 0.5% | Palau |
| 2020s | 79.2% | 79.0% | 0.1% | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Palau or Taiwan?
- Palau, at 79.3% against 78.9% in Taiwan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Palau and Taiwan?
- 0.4%, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Taiwan?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Palau and Taiwan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Palau ranks 75th and Taiwan ranks 78th 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.