Serbia vs Thailand: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Serbia
62.6%
in 2025
Thailand
62.8%
in 2025
Serbia rank
134th
Thailand rank
133rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Serbia
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 62.8% against 62.6% in Serbia, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Serbia ahead.
Serbia ranks 134th and Thailand ranks 133rd of 238 countries.
Serbia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Serbia | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 24.1% | 11.0% | 13.1% | Serbia |
| 1960s | 34.0% | 12.4% | 21.6% | Serbia |
| 1970s | 43.1% | 15.0% | 28.0% | Serbia |
| 1980s | 48.2% | 17.8% | 30.4% | Serbia |
| 1990s | 52.7% | 23.8% | 28.9% | Serbia |
| 2000s | 57.5% | 37.4% | 20.1% | Serbia |
| 2010s | 60.1% | 48.1% | 12.0% | Serbia |
| 2020s | 61.9% | 60.2% | 1.8% | Serbia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Serbia or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 62.8% against 62.6% in Serbia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Serbia and Thailand?
- 0.2%, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Serbia and Thailand?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Serbia and Thailand rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Serbia ranks 134th and Thailand ranks 133rd 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.