Seychelles vs Zambia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Seychelles
45.5%
in 2025
Zambia
45.9%
in 2025
Seychelles rank
175th
Zambia rank
174th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Seychelles
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 45.9% against 45.5% in Seychelles, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Seychelles ahead.
Seychelles ranks 175th and Zambia ranks 174th of 238 countries.
Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Seychelles | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 27.4% | 13.4% | 14.1% | Seychelles |
| 1960s | 31.4% | 22.7% | 8.7% | Seychelles |
| 1970s | 45.5% | 35.8% | 9.7% | Seychelles |
| 1980s | 49.3% | 39.7% | 9.6% | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 46.6% | 38.2% | 8.4% | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 42.9% | 37.3% | 5.6% | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 43.1% | 41.7% | 1.4% | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 44.9% | 44.9% | 0.1% | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Seychelles or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 45.9% against 45.5% in Seychelles as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Seychelles and Zambia?
- 0.4%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Seychelles and Zambia?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Seychelles and Zambia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Seychelles ranks 175th and Zambia ranks 174th 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.