Saint Barthelemy vs (UN M49): Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Saint Barthelemy
100.0%
in 2025
(UN M49)
69.3%
in 2025
Saint Barthelemy rank
1st
(UN M49) rank
1st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Saint Barthelemy
- (UN M49)
How they compare
Saint Barthelemy currently reports 100.0% against 69.3% in (UN M49), a difference of 30.7%.
That makes Saint Barthelemy's figure about 1.4 times (UN M49)'s.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Saint Barthelemy has been ahead every year.
Saint Barthelemy ranks 1st and (UN M49) ranks 1st of 238 countries.
Saint Barthelemy has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saint Barthelemy | (UN M49) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 100.0% | 30.2% | 69.8% | Saint Barthelemy |
| 1960s | 100.0% | 51.6% | 48.4% | Saint Barthelemy |
| 1970s | 100.0% | 57.3% | 42.7% | Saint Barthelemy |
| 1980s | 100.0% | 60.7% | 39.3% | Saint Barthelemy |
| 1990s | 100.0% | 63.3% | 36.7% | Saint Barthelemy |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 65.8% | 34.2% | Saint Barthelemy |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 67.1% | 32.9% | Saint Barthelemy |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 68.7% | 31.3% | Saint Barthelemy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Saint Barthelemy or (UN M49)?
- Saint Barthelemy, at 100.0% against 69.3% in (UN M49) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Saint Barthelemy and (UN M49)?
- 30.7%, with Saint Barthelemy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saint Barthelemy and (UN M49)?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Saint Barthelemy and (UN M49) rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Saint Barthelemy ranks 1st and (UN M49) ranks 1st 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.