Malta vs Martinique: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Malta
95.7%
in 2025
Martinique
96.8%
in 2025
Malta rank
22nd
Martinique rank
19th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Malta
- Martinique
How they compare
Martinique currently reports 96.8% against 95.7% in Malta, a difference of 1.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 22nd and Martinique ranks 19th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 37 and Martinique in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Martinique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Malta |
| 1100s | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.8% | Malta |
| 1200s | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1.1% | Malta |
| 1300s | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1.4% | Malta |
| 1400s | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1.9% | Malta |
| 1500s | 2.6% | 0.0% | 2.5% | Malta |
| 1600s | 3.4% | 0.1% | 3.3% | Malta |
| 1700s | 4.6% | 0.4% | 4.2% | Malta |
| 1710s | 7.7% | 0.4% | 7.3% | Malta |
| 1720s | 10.8% | 0.5% | 10.3% | Malta |
| 1730s | 13.8% | 0.6% | 13.3% | Malta |
| 1740s | 16.9% | 0.7% | 16.2% | Malta |
| 1750s | 20.0% | 0.9% | 19.2% | Malta |
| 1760s | 23.1% | 1.0% | 22.1% | Malta |
| 1770s | 26.2% | 1.2% | 25.0% | Malta |
| 1780s | 29.3% | 1.5% | 27.8% | Malta |
| 1790s | 32.4% | 1.8% | 30.6% | Malta |
| 1800s | 35.4% | 2.1% | 33.3% | Malta |
| 1810s | 38.5% | 2.6% | 36.0% | Malta |
| 1820s | 41.6% | 3.1% | 38.5% | Malta |
| 1830s | 44.7% | 3.7% | 41.0% | Malta |
| 1840s | 47.8% | 4.4% | 43.3% | Malta |
| 1850s | 50.9% | 5.3% | 45.5% | Malta |
| 1860s | 53.9% | 6.4% | 47.6% | Malta |
| 1870s | 57.0% | 7.6% | 49.4% | Malta |
| 1880s | 60.1% | 9.2% | 50.9% | Malta |
| 1890s | 63.2% | 11.0% | 52.2% | Malta |
| 1900s | 66.3% | 13.2% | 53.1% | Malta |
| 1910s | 69.4% | 15.9% | 53.5% | Malta |
| 1920s | 72.4% | 19.0% | 53.4% | Malta |
| 1930s | 75.5% | 22.8% | 52.7% | Malta |
| 1940s | 78.6% | 27.4% | 51.2% | Malta |
| 1950s | 89.8% | 33.7% | 56.1% | Malta |
| 1960s | 89.6% | 49.1% | 40.5% | Malta |
| 1970s | 89.4% | 70.3% | 19.2% | Malta |
| 1980s | 89.9% | 84.6% | 5.3% | Malta |
| 1990s | 92.4% | 91.5% | 0.9% | Malta |
| 2000s | 93.7% | 95.8% | 2.1% | Martinique |
| 2010s | 94.5% | 96.6% | 2.1% | Martinique |
| 2020s | 95.5% | 96.7% | 1.2% | Martinique |
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, Malta or Martinique?
- Martinique, at 96.8% against 95.7% in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Malta and Martinique?
- 1.1%, with Martinique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Martinique?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Malta and Martinique rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Malta ranks 22nd and Martinique ranks 19th 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.