Guyana vs East Timor: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Guyana
26.5%
in 2025
East Timor
28.8%
in 2025
Guyana rank
220th
East Timor rank
217th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Guyana
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 28.8% against 26.5% in Guyana, a difference of 2.3%.
That makes East Timor's figure about 1.1 times Guyana's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was East Timor ahead.
Guyana ranks 220th and East Timor ranks 217th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 23 and East Timor in 17.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guyana | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | East Timor |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | East Timor |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | East Timor |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | East Timor |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | East Timor |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | East Timor |
| 1600s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | East Timor |
| 1700s | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | East Timor |
| 1710s | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.4% | East Timor |
| 1720s | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | East Timor |
| 1730s | 1.0% | 1.3% | 0.4% | East Timor |
| 1740s | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.3% | East Timor |
| 1750s | 1.3% | 1.6% | 0.3% | East Timor |
| 1760s | 1.6% | 1.8% | 0.2% | East Timor |
| 1770s | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0.1% | East Timor |
| 1780s | 2.1% | 2.1% | 0.0% | Guyana |
| 1790s | 2.5% | 2.3% | 0.2% | Guyana |
| 1800s | 2.9% | 2.5% | 0.4% | Guyana |
| 1810s | 3.4% | 2.8% | 0.6% | Guyana |
| 1820s | 3.9% | 3.0% | 0.9% | Guyana |
| 1830s | 4.6% | 3.3% | 1.3% | Guyana |
| 1840s | 5.3% | 3.6% | 1.7% | Guyana |
| 1850s | 6.2% | 4.0% | 2.3% | Guyana |
| 1860s | 7.3% | 4.4% | 2.9% | Guyana |
| 1870s | 8.5% | 4.8% | 3.7% | Guyana |
| 1880s | 9.9% | 5.2% | 4.7% | Guyana |
| 1890s | 11.6% | 5.7% | 5.8% | Guyana |
| 1900s | 13.5% | 6.3% | 7.2% | Guyana |
| 1910s | 15.7% | 6.9% | 8.9% | Guyana |
| 1920s | 18.4% | 7.5% | 10.8% | Guyana |
| 1930s | 21.4% | 8.2% | 13.2% | Guyana |
| 1940s | 25.0% | 9.0% | 16.0% | Guyana |
| 1950s | 28.5% | 10.0% | 18.5% | Guyana |
| 1960s | 29.6% | 10.7% | 18.9% | Guyana |
| 1970s | 29.8% | 14.1% | 15.7% | Guyana |
| 1980s | 29.5% | 18.7% | 10.8% | Guyana |
| 1990s | 29.3% | 22.4% | 6.9% | Guyana |
| 2000s | 27.8% | 26.4% | 1.4% | Guyana |
| 2010s | 26.4% | 29.5% | 3.1% | East Timor |
| 2020s | 26.5% | 28.7% | 2.3% | East Timor |
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, Guyana or East Timor?
- East Timor, at 28.8% against 26.5% in Guyana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Guyana and East Timor?
- 2.3%, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and East Timor?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Guyana and East Timor rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Guyana ranks 220th and East Timor ranks 217th 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 modelled historical data.