Tanzania vs Yemen: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Tanzania
36.9%
in 2025
Yemen
37.0%
in 2025
Tanzania rank
197th
Yemen rank
196th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Tanzania
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 37.0% against 36.9% in Tanzania, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Yemen ahead.
Tanzania ranks 197th and Yemen ranks 196th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Tanzania averaged higher in 4 and Yemen in 36.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tanzania | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Yemen |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Yemen |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Yemen |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Yemen |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Yemen |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Yemen |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Yemen |
| 1700s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Yemen |
| 1710s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Yemen |
| 1720s | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Yemen |
| 1730s | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.3% | Yemen |
| 1740s | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.3% | Yemen |
| 1750s | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.4% | Yemen |
| 1760s | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | Yemen |
| 1770s | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.4% | Yemen |
| 1780s | 0.7% | 1.2% | 0.5% | Yemen |
| 1790s | 0.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | Yemen |
| 1800s | 0.9% | 1.5% | 0.6% | Yemen |
| 1810s | 1.0% | 1.6% | 0.6% | Yemen |
| 1820s | 1.1% | 1.7% | 0.7% | Yemen |
| 1830s | 1.2% | 1.9% | 0.7% | Yemen |
| 1840s | 1.3% | 2.1% | 0.8% | Yemen |
| 1850s | 1.4% | 2.3% | 0.9% | Yemen |
| 1860s | 1.5% | 2.5% | 1.0% | Yemen |
| 1870s | 1.7% | 2.7% | 1.1% | Yemen |
| 1880s | 1.8% | 3.0% | 1.2% | Yemen |
| 1890s | 2.0% | 3.3% | 1.3% | Yemen |
| 1900s | 2.2% | 3.6% | 1.4% | Yemen |
| 1910s | 2.4% | 4.0% | 1.5% | Yemen |
| 1920s | 2.7% | 4.3% | 1.7% | Yemen |
| 1930s | 2.9% | 4.7% | 1.8% | Yemen |
| 1940s | 3.2% | 5.2% | 2.0% | Yemen |
| 1950s | 4.4% | 2.5% | 1.9% | Tanzania |
| 1960s | 5.0% | 4.4% | 0.6% | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 10.5% | 8.5% | 1.9% | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 16.7% | 15.9% | 0.9% | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 20.4% | 23.3% | 3.0% | Yemen |
| 2000s | 24.6% | 28.6% | 4.0% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 30.9% | 32.4% | 1.5% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 35.3% | 36.4% | 1.2% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Tanzania or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 37.0% against 36.9% in Tanzania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Tanzania and Yemen?
- 0.1%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Yemen?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Tanzania and Yemen rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Tanzania ranks 197th and Yemen ranks 196th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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.
Individual pages
About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.