Peru vs Saudi Arabia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Peru
85.6%
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
84.6%
in 2025
Peru rank
56th
Saudi Arabia rank
57th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Peru
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Peru currently reports 85.6% against 84.6% in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Peru ahead.
Peru ranks 56th and Saudi Arabia ranks 57th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 36 and Saudi Arabia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Peru |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Peru |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Peru |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Peru |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Peru |
| 1500s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Peru |
| 1600s | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.6% | Peru |
| 1700s | 4.0% | 2.2% | 1.8% | Peru |
| 1710s | 4.5% | 2.5% | 2.1% | Peru |
| 1720s | 4.9% | 2.7% | 2.2% | Peru |
| 1730s | 5.4% | 3.0% | 2.5% | Peru |
| 1740s | 5.9% | 3.2% | 2.7% | Peru |
| 1750s | 6.5% | 3.5% | 3.0% | Peru |
| 1760s | 7.1% | 3.9% | 3.2% | Peru |
| 1770s | 7.8% | 4.2% | 3.5% | Peru |
| 1780s | 8.5% | 4.7% | 3.9% | Peru |
| 1790s | 9.3% | 5.1% | 4.3% | Peru |
| 1800s | 10.2% | 5.6% | 4.7% | Peru |
| 1810s | 11.2% | 6.1% | 5.1% | Peru |
| 1820s | 12.3% | 6.7% | 5.6% | Peru |
| 1830s | 13.4% | 7.3% | 6.1% | Peru |
| 1840s | 14.7% | 8.0% | 6.7% | Peru |
| 1850s | 16.1% | 8.8% | 7.3% | Peru |
| 1860s | 17.7% | 9.6% | 8.0% | Peru |
| 1870s | 19.4% | 10.6% | 8.8% | Peru |
| 1880s | 21.2% | 11.6% | 9.6% | Peru |
| 1890s | 23.2% | 12.7% | 10.6% | Peru |
| 1900s | 25.4% | 13.9% | 11.6% | Peru |
| 1910s | 27.8% | 15.2% | 12.6% | Peru |
| 1920s | 30.5% | 16.6% | 13.8% | Peru |
| 1930s | 33.4% | 18.2% | 15.1% | Peru |
| 1940s | 36.5% | 19.9% | 16.6% | Peru |
| 1950s | 42.8% | 25.3% | 17.5% | Peru |
| 1960s | 51.2% | 38.6% | 12.6% | Peru |
| 1970s | 61.2% | 57.4% | 3.9% | Peru |
| 1980s | 66.7% | 72.0% | 5.2% | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 70.7% | 78.6% | 8.0% | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 74.7% | 80.9% | 6.2% | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 80.3% | 82.9% | 2.5% | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 84.6% | 84.2% | 0.4% | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Peru or Saudi Arabia?
- Peru, at 85.6% against 84.6% in Saudi Arabia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Peru and Saudi Arabia?
- 1.0%, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Saudi Arabia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Peru and Saudi Arabia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Peru ranks 56th and Saudi Arabia ranks 57th 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.