Cambodia vs Yemen: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Cambodia
0.6%
in 2025
Yemen
0.6%
in 2025
Cambodia rank
72nd
Yemen rank
69th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Cambodia
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Cambodia, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Cambodia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.
Cambodia ranks 72nd and Yemen ranks 69th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cambodia | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.6% | 5.8% | 3.2% | Yemen |
| 1960s | 4.3% | 5.7% | 1.4% | Yemen |
| 1970s | -2.1% | 7.2% | 9.3% | Yemen |
| 1980s | 2.1% | 5.0% | 2.9% | Yemen |
| 1990s | 1.8% | 2.9% | 1.1% | Yemen |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 1.5% | 0.4% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 6.6% | 1.5% | 5.1% | Cambodia |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Cambodia or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Cambodia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Cambodia and Yemen?
- 0.0%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Yemen?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Cambodia and Yemen rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Cambodia ranks 72nd and Yemen ranks 69th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.