Romania vs Slovakia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Romania
52.2%
in 2025
Slovakia
53.2%
in 2025
Romania rank
166th
Slovakia rank
164th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Romania
- Slovakia
How they compare
Slovakia currently reports 53.2% against 52.2% in Romania, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Slovakia ahead.
Romania ranks 166th and Slovakia ranks 164th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 5 and Slovakia in 35.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | Slovakia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Slovakia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Slovakia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Slovakia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 1.7% | 1.7% | Slovakia |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 5.2% | 5.2% | Slovakia |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 4.8% | 4.7% | Slovakia |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 4.9% | 4.6% | Slovakia |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 4.8% | 3.8% | Slovakia |
| 1710s | 1.0% | 5.3% | 4.3% | Slovakia |
| 1720s | 1.0% | 5.8% | 4.8% | Slovakia |
| 1730s | 1.0% | 6.3% | 5.3% | Slovakia |
| 1740s | 1.0% | 6.8% | 5.8% | Slovakia |
| 1750s | 1.0% | 7.3% | 6.3% | Slovakia |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 7.4% | 6.4% | Slovakia |
| 1770s | 1.0% | 7.5% | 6.5% | Slovakia |
| 1780s | 1.0% | 7.7% | 6.7% | Slovakia |
| 1790s | 1.0% | 7.8% | 6.8% | Slovakia |
| 1800s | 1.0% | 7.9% | 6.9% | Slovakia |
| 1810s | 1.1% | 8.0% | 6.8% | Slovakia |
| 1820s | 1.4% | 8.1% | 6.6% | Slovakia |
| 1830s | 1.8% | 8.1% | 6.4% | Slovakia |
| 1840s | 2.2% | 8.2% | 6.0% | Slovakia |
| 1850s | 2.8% | 8.3% | 5.5% | Slovakia |
| 1860s | 3.5% | 8.4% | 4.9% | Slovakia |
| 1870s | 4.3% | 8.5% | 4.2% | Slovakia |
| 1880s | 5.4% | 8.6% | 3.2% | Slovakia |
| 1890s | 6.7% | 8.6% | 1.9% | Slovakia |
| 1900s | 8.4% | 8.7% | 0.3% | Slovakia |
| 1910s | 10.5% | 10.0% | 0.5% | Romania |
| 1920s | 13.2% | 12.5% | 0.7% | Romania |
| 1930s | 16.5% | 15.0% | 1.5% | Romania |
| 1940s | 20.6% | 20.0% | 0.6% | Romania |
| 1950s | 29.8% | 31.2% | 1.4% | Slovakia |
| 1960s | 37.5% | 36.4% | 1.1% | Romania |
| 1970s | 45.8% | 46.0% | 0.1% | Slovakia |
| 1980s | 52.1% | 54.5% | 2.4% | Slovakia |
| 1990s | 53.8% | 56.6% | 2.8% | Slovakia |
| 2000s | 53.1% | 55.5% | 2.3% | Slovakia |
| 2010s | 53.6% | 53.9% | 0.3% | Slovakia |
| 2020s | 52.3% | 53.2% | 0.9% | Slovakia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Romania or Slovakia?
- Slovakia, at 53.2% against 52.2% in Romania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Romania and Slovakia?
- 1.0%, with Slovakia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Slovakia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Romania and Slovakia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Romania ranks 166th and Slovakia ranks 164th 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 modelled historical data.