{"entity":{"iso2":"PG","iso3":"PNG","name":"Papua New Guinea","slug":"papua-new-guinea"},"indicator":{"licence":"CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)","slug":"urban-vs-rural-majority","source":"HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) \u2013 with minor processing by Our World in Data","source_url":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/urban-vs-rural-majority","title":"Do more people live in urban or rural areas?","unit":"%"},"observations":[{"date":"1000-01-01","value":2.94374e-05},{"date":"1100-01-01","value":8.83122e-05},{"date":"1200-01-01","value":0.000264937},{"date":"1300-01-01","value":0.00079481},{"date":"1400-01-01","value":0.00238443},{"date":"1500-01-01","value":0.00715329},{"date":"1600-01-01","value":0.0214599},{"date":"1700-01-01","value":0.0643796},{"date":"1710-01-01","value":0.0290755},{"date":"1720-01-01","value":0.0339214},{"date":"1730-01-01","value":0.039575},{"date":"1740-01-01","value":0.0461708},{"date":"1750-01-01","value":0.053866},{"date":"1760-01-01","value":0.0628436},{"date":"1770-01-01","value":0.0733176},{"date":"1780-01-01","value":0.0855372},{"date":"1790-01-01","value":0.0997934},{"date":"1800-01-01","value":0.116426},{"date":"1810-01-01","value":0.13583},{"date":"1820-01-01","value":0.158468},{"date":"1830-01-01","value":0.18488},{"date":"1840-01-01","value":0.215693},{"date":"1850-01-01","value":0.251642},{"date":"1860-01-01","value":0.293582},{"date":"1870-01-01","value":0.342512},{"date":"1880-01-01","value":0.399598},{"date":"1890-01-01","value":0.466197},{"date":"1900-01-01","value":0.543897},{"date":"1910-01-01","value":0.634546},{"date":"1920-01-01","value":0.740304},{"date":"1930-01-01","value":0.863688},{"date":"1940-01-01","value":1.00764},{"date":"1950-01-01","value":1.7},{"date":"1951-01-01","value":1.71962},{"date":"1952-01-01","value":1.77758},{"date":"1953-01-01","value":1.87256},{"date":"1954-01-01","value":2.00324},{"date":"1955-01-01","value":2.16828},{"date":"1956-01-01","value":2.36638},{"date":"1957-01-01","value":2.59619},{"date":"1958-01-01","value":2.85639},{"date":"1959-01-01","value":3.14567},{"date":"1960-01-01","value":3.46268},{"date":"1961-01-01","value":3.80611},{"date":"1962-01-01","value":4.17464},{"date":"1963-01-01","value":4.56693},{"date":"1964-01-01","value":4.98166},{"date":"1965-01-01","value":5.41751},{"date":"1966-01-01","value":5.87607},{"date":"1967-01-01","value":6.62805},{"date":"1968-01-01","value":7.76745},{"date":"1969-01-01","value":9.05073},{"date":"1970-01-01","value":10.237},{"date":"1971-01-01","value":11.0834},{"date":"1972-01-01","value":11.675},{"date":"1973-01-01","value":12.2317},{"date":"1974-01-01","value":12.6992},{"date":"1975-01-01","value":13.021},{"date":"1976-01-01","value":13.1408},{"date":"1977-01-01","value":13.1291},{"date":"1978-01-01","value":13.1026},{"date":"1979-01-01","value":13.0747},{"date":"1980-01-01","value":13.0586},{"date":"1981-01-01","value":13.0985},{"date":"1982-01-01","value":13.2575},{"date":"1983-01-01","value":13.5088},{"date":"1984-01-01","value":13.8231},{"date":"1985-01-01","value":14.1707},{"date":"1986-01-01","value":14.5222},{"date":"1987-01-01","value":14.8479},{"date":"1988-01-01","value":15.1185},{"date":"1989-01-01","value":15.3042},{"date":"1990-01-01","value":15.3757},{"date":"1991-01-01","value":15.3221},{"date":"1992-01-01","value":15.1695},{"date":"1993-01-01","value":14.9416},{"date":"1994-01-01","value":14.6619},{"date":"1995-01-01","value":14.3542},{"date":"1996-01-01","value":14.0421},{"date":"1997-01-01","value":13.7492},{"date":"1998-01-01","value":13.4992},{"date":"1999-01-01","value":13.3158},{"date":"2000-01-01","value":13.2229},{"date":"2001-01-01","value":13.1864},{"date":"2002-01-01","value":13.1531},{"date":"2003-01-01","value":13.1226},{"date":"2004-01-01","value":13.0952},{"date":"2005-01-01","value":13.0709},{"date":"2006-01-01","value":13.0499},{"date":"2007-01-01","value":13.0324},{"date":"2008-01-01","value":13.0186},{"date":"2009-01-01","value":13.0084},{"date":"2010-01-01","value":13.0022},{"date":"2011-01-01","value":13.0},{"date":"2012-01-01","value":13.0144},{"date":"2013-01-01","value":13.0582},{"date":"2014-01-01","value":13.1316},{"date":"2015-01-01","value":13.2341},{"date":"2016-01-01","value":13.3654},{"date":"2017-01-01","value":13.525},{"date":"2018-01-01","value":13.7126},{"date":"2019-01-01","value":13.9278},{"date":"2020-01-01","value":14.1704},{"date":"2021-01-01","value":14.4398},{"date":"2022-01-01","value":14.7359},{"date":"2023-01-01","value":15.0581},{"date":"2024-01-01","value":15.4062},{"date":"2025-01-01","value":15.7797}],"summary":{"latest_period":"2025-01-01","latest_value":15.7797,"max":15.7797,"mean":7.84232,"min":2.94374e-05,"of":238,"rank":234,"trend":"volatile"}}