Which has higher rural population, Djibouti or Dominican Republic?

Dominican Republic, at 27.5% against 27.0% in Djibouti as of 2025.

What is the difference in rural population between Djibouti and Dominican Republic?

0.5%, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Dominican Republic?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Rural population (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Djibouti vs Dominican Republic: Rural population (% of total population) (Rural World Urbanization)

Djibouti

27.0%

in 2025

Dominican Republic

27.5%

in 2025

Djibouti rank

141st

Dominican Republic rank

139th

Rural population (% of total population) (Rural World Urbanization) over time

Djibouti
Dominican Republic

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 27.5% against 27.0% in Djibouti, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Djibouti ranks 141st and Dominican Republic ranks 139th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Djibouti averaged higher in 2 and Dominican Republic in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Djibouti	Dominican Republic	Difference	Ahead
1960s	43.8%	65.5%	21.7%	Dominican Republic
1970s	31.8%	54.4%	22.6%	Dominican Republic
1980s	25.1%	46.6%	21.5%	Dominican Republic
1990s	24.7%	42.8%	18.1%	Dominican Republic
2000s	28.3%	32.9%	4.6%	Dominican Republic
2010s	29.0%	26.0%	3.0%	Djibouti
2020s	27.4%	27.4%	0.0%	Djibouti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rural population, Djibouti or Dominican Republic?: Dominican Republic, at 27.5% against 27.0% in Djibouti as of 2025.
What is the difference in rural population between Djibouti and Dominican Republic?: 0.5%, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Dominican Republic?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Djibouti and Dominican Republic rank globally for rural population?: Djibouti ranks 141st and Dominican Republic ranks 139th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Rural population (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Rural population (% of total population)
Unit: % of total population
Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 266 places, 17,556 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.