Senegal vs Slovenia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Senegal
55.8%
in 2025
Slovenia
56.0%
in 2025
Senegal rank
157th
Slovenia rank
155th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Senegal
- Slovenia
How they compare
Slovenia currently reports 56.0% against 55.8% in Senegal, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Senegal ahead.
Senegal ranks 157th and Slovenia ranks 155th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Senegal averaged higher in 31 and Slovenia in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Senegal | Slovenia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Senegal |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Senegal |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Senegal |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Senegal |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Senegal |
| 1500s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Senegal |
| 1600s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Senegal |
| 1700s | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% | Senegal |
| 1710s | 1.9% | 1.0% | 0.9% | Senegal |
| 1720s | 2.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | Senegal |
| 1730s | 2.3% | 1.0% | 1.3% | Senegal |
| 1740s | 2.5% | 1.0% | 1.5% | Senegal |
| 1750s | 2.7% | 1.0% | 1.7% | Senegal |
| 1760s | 3.0% | 1.0% | 2.0% | Senegal |
| 1770s | 3.3% | 1.0% | 2.3% | Senegal |
| 1780s | 3.6% | 1.0% | 2.6% | Senegal |
| 1790s | 3.9% | 1.0% | 2.9% | Senegal |
| 1800s | 4.3% | 1.0% | 3.3% | Senegal |
| 1810s | 4.7% | 1.0% | 3.7% | Senegal |
| 1820s | 5.1% | 1.1% | 4.0% | Senegal |
| 1830s | 5.6% | 1.4% | 4.3% | Senegal |
| 1840s | 6.2% | 1.7% | 4.4% | Senegal |
| 1850s | 6.7% | 2.1% | 4.6% | Senegal |
| 1860s | 7.4% | 2.7% | 4.7% | Senegal |
| 1870s | 8.1% | 3.3% | 4.7% | Senegal |
| 1880s | 8.9% | 4.2% | 4.7% | Senegal |
| 1890s | 9.7% | 5.2% | 4.5% | Senegal |
| 1900s | 10.6% | 6.5% | 4.1% | Senegal |
| 1910s | 11.6% | 8.2% | 3.5% | Senegal |
| 1920s | 12.7% | 10.2% | 2.5% | Senegal |
| 1930s | 14.0% | 12.8% | 1.2% | Senegal |
| 1940s | 15.3% | 15.9% | 0.7% | Slovenia |
| 1950s | 22.0% | 23.5% | 1.5% | Slovenia |
| 1960s | 25.9% | 32.1% | 6.2% | Slovenia |
| 1970s | 33.6% | 42.3% | 8.7% | Slovenia |
| 1980s | 37.5% | 50.0% | 12.6% | Slovenia |
| 1990s | 39.7% | 50.4% | 10.7% | Slovenia |
| 2000s | 41.8% | 50.6% | 8.8% | Slovenia |
| 2010s | 46.3% | 52.4% | 6.1% | Slovenia |
| 2020s | 53.7% | 55.6% | 1.8% | Slovenia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Senegal or Slovenia?
- Slovenia, at 56.0% against 55.8% in Senegal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Senegal and Slovenia?
- 0.2%, with Slovenia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Slovenia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Senegal and Slovenia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Senegal ranks 157th and Slovenia ranks 155th 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.