Luxembourg vs Mayotte: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Luxembourg
94.9%
in 2025
Mayotte
94.4%
in 2025
Luxembourg rank
25th
Mayotte rank
26th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Luxembourg
- Mayotte
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 94.9% against 94.4% in Mayotte, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 102 shared years of data; in 1600 it was Luxembourg ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 25th and Mayotte ranks 26th of 238 countries.
Across the 34 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 20 and Mayotte in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Mayotte | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600s | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1.1% | Luxembourg |
| 1700s | 3.3% | 0.1% | 3.2% | Luxembourg |
| 1710s | 5.9% | 11.3% | 5.4% | Mayotte |
| 1720s | 8.4% | 12.3% | 3.9% | Mayotte |
| 1730s | 11.0% | 13.5% | 2.5% | Mayotte |
| 1740s | 13.5% | 14.8% | 1.3% | Mayotte |
| 1750s | 16.1% | 16.2% | 0.1% | Mayotte |
| 1760s | 18.6% | 17.8% | 0.9% | Luxembourg |
| 1770s | 21.2% | 19.4% | 1.8% | Luxembourg |
| 1780s | 23.8% | 21.3% | 2.5% | Luxembourg |
| 1790s | 26.3% | 23.3% | 3.0% | Luxembourg |
| 1800s | 28.9% | 25.5% | 3.3% | Luxembourg |
| 1810s | 31.4% | 28.0% | 3.5% | Luxembourg |
| 1820s | 34.0% | 30.6% | 3.3% | Luxembourg |
| 1830s | 36.5% | 33.6% | 3.0% | Luxembourg |
| 1840s | 39.1% | 36.8% | 2.3% | Luxembourg |
| 1850s | 41.7% | 40.3% | 1.4% | Luxembourg |
| 1860s | 44.2% | 44.1% | 0.1% | Luxembourg |
| 1870s | 46.8% | 48.3% | 1.5% | Mayotte |
| 1880s | 49.3% | 52.9% | 3.6% | Mayotte |
| 1890s | 51.9% | 57.9% | 6.0% | Mayotte |
| 1900s | 54.5% | 63.5% | 9.0% | Mayotte |
| 1910s | 57.0% | 69.5% | 12.5% | Mayotte |
| 1920s | 59.6% | 76.1% | 16.5% | Mayotte |
| 1930s | 62.1% | 83.4% | 21.2% | Mayotte |
| 1940s | 64.7% | 91.3% | 26.6% | Mayotte |
| 1950s | 68.0% | 10.3% | 57.7% | Luxembourg |
| 1960s | 71.5% | 13.5% | 58.0% | Luxembourg |
| 1970s | 77.2% | 15.8% | 61.4% | Luxembourg |
| 1980s | 80.6% | 19.5% | 61.1% | Luxembourg |
| 1990s | 82.2% | 52.9% | 29.3% | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 86.2% | 83.3% | 2.9% | Luxembourg |
| 2010s | 90.8% | 94.9% | 4.1% | Mayotte |
| 2020s | 94.6% | 94.4% | 0.2% | Luxembourg |
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, Luxembourg or Mayotte?
- Luxembourg, at 94.9% against 94.4% in Mayotte as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Luxembourg and Mayotte?
- 0.5%, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Mayotte?
- 102 years are reported by both, from 1600 to 2025.
- How do Luxembourg and Mayotte rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Luxembourg ranks 25th and Mayotte ranks 26th 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.