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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
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 65.8% against 65.4% in Tuvalu, a difference of 0.3%.

Across all 76 years both countries report, Suriname has been ahead every year.

Suriname ranks 120th and Tuvalu ranks 122nd of 238 countries.

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About this data

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