Panama vs Suriname: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Panama
66.2%
in 2025
Suriname
65.8%
in 2025
Panama rank
118th
Suriname rank
120th

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

  • Panama
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Panama currently reports 66.2% against 65.8% in Suriname, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Panama ahead.

Panama ranks 118th and Suriname ranks 120th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 23 and Suriname in 17.

Head to head by decade

Decade Panama Suriname Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Panama
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Panama
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Panama
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Panama
1400s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Panama
1500s 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% Panama
1600s 1.2% 0.8% 0.4% Panama
1700s 3.6% 2.5% 1.1% Panama
1710s 4.0% 2.8% 1.3% Panama
1720s 4.4% 3.1% 1.3% Panama
1730s 4.8% 3.5% 1.3% Panama
1740s 5.3% 4.0% 1.3% Panama
1750s 5.8% 4.4% 1.4% Panama
1760s 6.4% 5.0% 1.4% Panama
1770s 7.0% 5.6% 1.3% Panama
1780s 7.6% 6.3% 1.3% Panama
1790s 8.3% 7.1% 1.2% Panama
1800s 9.1% 8.0% 1.1% Panama
1810s 10.0% 9.0% 1.0% Panama
1820s 11.0% 10.1% 0.8% Panama
1830s 12.0% 11.4% 0.6% Panama
1840s 13.2% 12.8% 0.3% Panama
1850s 14.4% 14.4% 0.0% Suriname
1860s 15.8% 16.2% 0.5% Suriname
1870s 17.3% 18.3% 1.0% Suriname
1880s 18.9% 20.6% 1.6% Suriname
1890s 20.7% 23.1% 2.4% Suriname
1900s 22.7% 26.0% 3.3% Suriname
1910s 24.9% 29.3% 4.4% Suriname
1920s 27.2% 32.9% 5.7% Suriname
1930s 29.8% 37.0% 7.2% Suriname
1940s 32.7% 41.7% 9.0% Suriname
1950s 39.4% 47.7% 8.3% Suriname
1960s 44.2% 64.9% 20.7% Suriname
1970s 48.6% 66.0% 17.4% Suriname
1980s 51.4% 66.2% 14.8% Suriname
1990s 57.8% 66.5% 8.8% Suriname
2000s 63.8% 66.7% 2.9% Suriname
2010s 65.5% 66.2% 0.8% Suriname
2020s 65.9% 65.9% 0.0% Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Panama or Suriname?
Panama, at 66.2% against 65.8% in Suriname as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Panama and Suriname?
0.4%, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Suriname?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Panama and Suriname rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Panama ranks 118th and Suriname ranks 120th 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

Indicator
Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
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Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.