Bolivia vs Mongolia: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Bolivia
71.6%
in 2025
Mongolia
71.1%
in 2025
Bolivia rank
99th
Mongolia rank
101st
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Bolivia
- Mongolia
How they compare
Bolivia currently reports 71.6% against 71.1% in Mongolia, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bolivia ahead.
Bolivia ranks 99th and Mongolia ranks 101st of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 37 and Mongolia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia | Mongolia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bolivia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bolivia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bolivia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bolivia |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Bolivia |
| 1500s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Bolivia |
| 1600s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | Bolivia |
| 1700s | 1.5% | 0.3% | 1.2% | Bolivia |
| 1710s | 1.8% | 0.2% | 1.5% | Bolivia |
| 1720s | 2.0% | 0.3% | 1.7% | Bolivia |
| 1730s | 2.2% | 0.4% | 1.9% | Bolivia |
| 1740s | 2.5% | 0.4% | 2.1% | Bolivia |
| 1750s | 2.8% | 0.5% | 2.3% | Bolivia |
| 1760s | 3.2% | 0.6% | 2.6% | Bolivia |
| 1770s | 3.6% | 0.7% | 2.8% | Bolivia |
| 1780s | 4.0% | 0.9% | 3.1% | Bolivia |
| 1790s | 4.5% | 1.1% | 3.5% | Bolivia |
| 1800s | 5.1% | 1.3% | 3.8% | Bolivia |
| 1810s | 5.7% | 1.5% | 4.2% | Bolivia |
| 1820s | 6.4% | 1.8% | 4.6% | Bolivia |
| 1830s | 7.2% | 2.2% | 5.0% | Bolivia |
| 1840s | 8.1% | 2.6% | 5.5% | Bolivia |
| 1850s | 9.2% | 3.2% | 6.0% | Bolivia |
| 1860s | 10.3% | 3.8% | 6.5% | Bolivia |
| 1870s | 11.6% | 4.5% | 7.0% | Bolivia |
| 1880s | 13.0% | 5.4% | 7.6% | Bolivia |
| 1890s | 14.7% | 6.5% | 8.1% | Bolivia |
| 1900s | 16.5% | 7.8% | 8.7% | Bolivia |
| 1910s | 18.6% | 9.4% | 9.1% | Bolivia |
| 1920s | 20.9% | 11.3% | 9.6% | Bolivia |
| 1930s | 23.5% | 13.6% | 9.9% | Bolivia |
| 1940s | 26.4% | 16.3% | 10.2% | Bolivia |
| 1950s | 35.9% | 26.4% | 9.4% | Bolivia |
| 1960s | 37.8% | 41.5% | 3.7% | Mongolia |
| 1970s | 40.8% | 48.3% | 7.5% | Mongolia |
| 1980s | 49.5% | 55.2% | 5.8% | Mongolia |
| 1990s | 58.9% | 56.8% | 2.1% | Bolivia |
| 2000s | 64.0% | 61.7% | 2.2% | Bolivia |
| 2010s | 68.2% | 67.9% | 0.2% | Bolivia |
| 2020s | 70.8% | 69.9% | 0.9% | Bolivia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050, Bolivia or Mongolia?
- Bolivia, at 71.6% against 71.1% in Mongolia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Bolivia and Mongolia?
- 0.5%, with Bolivia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Mongolia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Bolivia and Mongolia rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Bolivia ranks 99th and Mongolia ranks 101st of 238 countries.
- Where does this data 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 Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.