Qatar vs San Marino: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Qatar
99.4%
in 2025
San Marino
97.2%
in 2025
Qatar rank
16th
San Marino rank
18th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Qatar
- San Marino
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 99.4% against 97.2% in San Marino, a difference of 2.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was San Marino ahead.
Qatar ranks 16th and San Marino ranks 18th of 238 countries.
Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Qatar | San Marino | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 48.1% | 45.4% | 2.7% | Qatar |
| 1960s | 71.2% | 53.2% | 18.0% | Qatar |
| 1970s | 79.7% | 69.8% | 9.9% | Qatar |
| 1980s | 88.3% | 87.7% | 0.6% | Qatar |
| 1990s | 94.7% | 91.9% | 2.8% | Qatar |
| 2000s | 97.3% | 94.9% | 2.4% | Qatar |
| 2010s | 98.9% | 97.1% | 1.8% | Qatar |
| 2020s | 99.3% | 97.1% | 2.1% | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Qatar or San Marino?
- Qatar, at 99.4% against 97.2% in San Marino as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Qatar and San Marino?
- 2.2%, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Qatar and San Marino?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Qatar and San Marino rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Qatar ranks 16th and San Marino ranks 18th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.