Romania vs Uzbekistan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Romania
52.2%
in 2025
Uzbekistan
51.0%
in 2025
Romania rank
166th
Uzbekistan rank
168th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Romania
- Uzbekistan
How they compare
Romania currently reports 52.2% against 51.0% in Uzbekistan, a difference of 1.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Romania ahead.
Romania ranks 166th and Uzbekistan ranks 168th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 21 and Uzbekistan in 19.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | Uzbekistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Romania |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Romania |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Romania |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Romania |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Romania |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Romania |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Romania |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% | Romania |
| 1710s | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% | Romania |
| 1720s | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | Romania |
| 1730s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Romania |
| 1740s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Romania |
| 1750s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.2% | Romania |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | Romania |
| 1770s | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.2% | Uzbekistan |
| 1780s | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.4% | Uzbekistan |
| 1790s | 1.0% | 1.7% | 0.7% | Uzbekistan |
| 1800s | 1.0% | 2.1% | 1.1% | Uzbekistan |
| 1810s | 1.1% | 2.5% | 1.3% | Uzbekistan |
| 1820s | 1.4% | 3.0% | 1.5% | Uzbekistan |
| 1830s | 1.8% | 3.6% | 1.8% | Uzbekistan |
| 1840s | 2.2% | 4.3% | 2.1% | Uzbekistan |
| 1850s | 2.8% | 5.1% | 2.4% | Uzbekistan |
| 1860s | 3.5% | 6.1% | 2.7% | Uzbekistan |
| 1870s | 4.3% | 7.4% | 3.0% | Uzbekistan |
| 1880s | 5.4% | 8.8% | 3.4% | Uzbekistan |
| 1890s | 6.7% | 10.6% | 3.9% | Uzbekistan |
| 1900s | 8.4% | 12.7% | 4.3% | Uzbekistan |
| 1910s | 10.5% | 15.3% | 4.7% | Uzbekistan |
| 1920s | 13.2% | 18.3% | 5.2% | Uzbekistan |
| 1930s | 16.5% | 22.0% | 5.5% | Uzbekistan |
| 1940s | 20.6% | 26.4% | 5.8% | Uzbekistan |
| 1950s | 29.8% | 31.2% | 1.4% | Uzbekistan |
| 1960s | 37.5% | 35.5% | 2.0% | Romania |
| 1970s | 45.8% | 38.6% | 7.3% | Romania |
| 1980s | 52.1% | 40.9% | 11.2% | Romania |
| 1990s | 53.8% | 43.4% | 10.5% | Romania |
| 2000s | 53.1% | 50.4% | 2.8% | Romania |
| 2010s | 53.6% | 50.9% | 2.7% | Romania |
| 2020s | 52.3% | 50.9% | 1.3% | Romania |
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 Uzbekistan?
- Romania, at 52.2% against 51.0% in Uzbekistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Romania and Uzbekistan?
- 1.2%, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Uzbekistan?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Romania and Uzbekistan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Romania ranks 166th and Uzbekistan ranks 168th 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.