South Sudan vs Tonga: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

South Sudan

21.7%

in 2025

Tonga

21.2%

in 2025

South Sudan rank

228th

Tonga rank

229th

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

South Sudan currently reports 21.7% against 21.2% in Tonga, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tonga ahead.

South Sudan ranks 228th and Tonga ranks 229th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Unit: %
Source: HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.