Lithuania vs New Caledonia: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Lithuania
69.1%
in 2025
New Caledonia
68.2%
in 2025
Lithuania rank
111th
New Caledonia rank
113th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Lithuania
- New Caledonia
How they compare
Lithuania currently reports 69.1% against 68.2% in New Caledonia, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Lithuania ahead.
Lithuania ranks 111th and New Caledonia ranks 113th of 238 countries.
Lithuania has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lithuania | New Caledonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Lithuania |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Lithuania |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Lithuania |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Lithuania |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Lithuania |
| 1500s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Lithuania |
| 1600s | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.6% | Lithuania |
| 1700s | 2.9% | 1.0% | 1.9% | Lithuania |
| 1710s | 3.2% | 0.6% | 2.6% | Lithuania |
| 1720s | 3.6% | 0.7% | 2.9% | Lithuania |
| 1730s | 3.9% | 0.8% | 3.1% | Lithuania |
| 1740s | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3.3% | Lithuania |
| 1750s | 4.7% | 1.1% | 3.6% | Lithuania |
| 1760s | 5.1% | 1.3% | 3.8% | Lithuania |
| 1770s | 5.6% | 1.5% | 4.1% | Lithuania |
| 1780s | 6.1% | 1.7% | 4.4% | Lithuania |
| 1790s | 6.7% | 2.0% | 4.7% | Lithuania |
| 1800s | 7.4% | 2.4% | 5.0% | Lithuania |
| 1810s | 8.1% | 2.8% | 5.3% | Lithuania |
| 1820s | 8.8% | 3.2% | 5.6% | Lithuania |
| 1830s | 9.7% | 3.8% | 5.9% | Lithuania |
| 1840s | 10.6% | 4.4% | 6.2% | Lithuania |
| 1850s | 11.6% | 5.1% | 6.4% | Lithuania |
| 1860s | 12.7% | 6.0% | 6.7% | Lithuania |
| 1870s | 13.9% | 7.0% | 6.9% | Lithuania |
| 1880s | 15.2% | 8.2% | 7.1% | Lithuania |
| 1890s | 16.7% | 9.5% | 7.1% | Lithuania |
| 1900s | 18.3% | 11.1% | 7.1% | Lithuania |
| 1910s | 20.0% | 13.0% | 7.0% | Lithuania |
| 1920s | 21.9% | 15.1% | 6.8% | Lithuania |
| 1930s | 24.0% | 17.7% | 6.3% | Lithuania |
| 1940s | 26.3% | 20.6% | 5.7% | Lithuania |
| 1950s | 35.3% | 30.5% | 4.9% | Lithuania |
| 1960s | 44.1% | 43.5% | 0.7% | Lithuania |
| 1970s | 55.5% | 54.8% | 0.7% | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 65.0% | 58.7% | 6.2% | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 67.4% | 60.3% | 7.1% | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 66.8% | 63.9% | 2.8% | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 67.0% | 66.9% | 0.2% | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 68.4% | 67.7% | 0.7% | Lithuania |
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, Lithuania or New Caledonia?
- Lithuania, at 69.1% against 68.2% in New Caledonia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Lithuania and New Caledonia?
- 0.9%, with Lithuania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and New Caledonia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Lithuania and New Caledonia rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Lithuania ranks 111th and New Caledonia ranks 113th 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.