Do more people live in urban or rural areas? in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Do more people live in urban or rural areas? was 100.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? in Hong Kong, 1000–2025
Source: HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, do more people live in urban or rural areas? in Hong Kong stood at 100.0%. That is the highest value across all 108 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, do more people live in urban or rural areas? in Hong Kong peaked at 100.0% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1000.
That places Hong Kong 1st out of 238 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 108 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1 |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1 |
| 1710s | 4.4% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 1 |
| 1720s | 7.7% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 1 |
| 1730s | 11.1% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 1 |
| 1740s | 14.5% | 14.5% | 14.5% | 1 |
| 1750s | 17.8% | 17.8% | 17.8% | 1 |
| 1760s | 21.2% | 21.2% | 21.2% | 1 |
| 1770s | 24.6% | 24.6% | 24.6% | 1 |
| 1780s | 27.9% | 27.9% | 27.9% | 1 |
| 1790s | 31.3% | 31.3% | 31.3% | 1 |
| 1800s | 34.7% | 34.7% | 34.7% | 1 |
| 1810s | 38.0% | 38.0% | 38.0% | 1 |
| 1820s | 41.4% | 41.4% | 41.4% | 1 |
| 1830s | 44.8% | 44.8% | 44.8% | 1 |
| 1840s | 48.2% | 48.2% | 48.2% | 1 |
| 1850s | 51.5% | 51.5% | 51.5% | 1 |
| 1860s | 54.9% | 54.9% | 54.9% | 1 |
| 1870s | 58.3% | 58.3% | 58.3% | 1 |
| 1880s | 61.6% | 61.6% | 61.6% | 1 |
| 1890s | 65.0% | 65.0% | 65.0% | 1 |
| 1900s | 68.4% | 68.4% | 68.4% | 1 |
| 1910s | 71.7% | 71.7% | 71.7% | 1 |
| 1920s | 75.1% | 75.1% | 75.1% | 1 |
| 1930s | 78.5% | 78.5% | 78.5% | 1 |
| 1940s | 81.8% | 81.8% | 81.8% | 1 |
| 1950s | 85.2% | 85.2% | 85.2% | 10 |
| 1960s | 86.0% | 85.2% | 87.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 89.3% | 87.7% | 91.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 93.5% | 91.5% | 98.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 99.9% | 99.3% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 6 |
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- 1 Anguilla 100.0% compare
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More reference data data for Hong Kong
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.441 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.2868 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 1.42 °C (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.7318 °C (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 4 (2025)
- Free country 1 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 1.72 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 147.16 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Precipitation anomalies 55.66 millimeters (2025)
- Annual precipitation 1,808 millimeters (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is do more people live in urban or rural areas? in Hong Kong?
- Do more people live in urban or rural areas? in Hong Kong was 100.0% in 2025, according to HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest do more people live in urban or rural areas? recorded in Hong Kong?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1996.
- What is the lowest do more people live in urban or rural areas? recorded in Hong Kong?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1000.
- How does Hong Kong rank for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Hong Kong ranks 1st out of 238 regions with data for 2025.
- Is do more people live in urban or rural areas? rising or falling in Hong Kong?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hong Kong data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Do more people live in urban or rural areas?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.