Suriname vs Tuvalu: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Suriname
65.8%
in 2025
Tuvalu
65.4%
in 2025
Suriname rank
120th
Tuvalu rank
122nd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Suriname
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 65.8% against 65.4% in Tuvalu, a difference of 0.4%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Suriname has been ahead every year.
Suriname ranks 120th and Tuvalu ranks 122nd of 238 countries.
Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Suriname | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 47.7% | 12.1% | 35.6% | Suriname |
| 1960s | 64.9% | 13.2% | 51.7% | Suriname |
| 1970s | 66.0% | 19.1% | 46.8% | Suriname |
| 1980s | 66.2% | 34.1% | 32.1% | Suriname |
| 1990s | 66.5% | 42.6% | 23.9% | Suriname |
| 2000s | 66.7% | 49.3% | 17.4% | Suriname |
| 2010s | 66.2% | 58.4% | 7.8% | Suriname |
| 2020s | 65.9% | 63.7% | 2.2% | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Suriname or Tuvalu?
- Suriname, at 65.8% against 65.4% in Tuvalu as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Suriname and Tuvalu?
- 0.4%, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and Tuvalu?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Suriname and Tuvalu rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Suriname ranks 120th and Tuvalu ranks 122nd 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.