Papua New Guinea vs Somalia: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate
Papua New Guinea
4.23 % change on previous year
in 2025
Somalia
4.38 % change on previous year
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
16th
Somalia rank
13th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 4.38 % change on previous year against 4.23 % change on previous year in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.15 % change on previous year.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Somalia ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 16th and Somalia ranks 13th of 234 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Somalia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 9.89 % change on previous year | 6.01 % change on previous year | 3.88 % change on previous year | Papua New Guinea |
| 1960s | 13.79 % change on previous year | 5.55 % change on previous year | 8.24 % change on previous year | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 6.2 % change on previous year | 5.84 % change on previous year | 0.3577 % change on previous year | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 3.78 % change on previous year | 3.66 % change on previous year | 0.1211 % change on previous year | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 2.06 % change on previous year | 3.02 % change on previous year | 0.955 % change on previous year | Somalia |
| 2000s | 3.07 % change on previous year | 5.03 % change on previous year | 1.97 % change on previous year | Somalia |
| 2010s | 3.34 % change on previous year | 6.25 % change on previous year | 2.91 % change on previous year | Somalia |
| 2020s | 4.05 % change on previous year | 4.59 % change on previous year | 0.5412 % change on previous year | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate, Papua New Guinea or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 4.38 % change on previous year against 4.23 % change on previous year in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate between Papua New Guinea and Somalia?
- 0.15 % change on previous year, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Somalia?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2025.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Somalia rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 16th and Somalia ranks 13th of 234 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of people living in urban and rural areas. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.