Afghanistan vs Tajikistan: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Afghanistan
0.2594 people per person
in 2025
Tajikistan
0.2616 people per person
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
202nd
Tajikistan rank
201st
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Afghanistan
- Tajikistan
How they compare
Tajikistan currently reports 0.2616 people per person against 0.2594 people per person in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0022 people per person.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Tajikistan has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 202nd and Tajikistan ranks 201st of 215 countries.
Tajikistan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Tajikistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0942 people per person | 0.3558 people per person | 0.2616 people per person | Tajikistan |
| 1970s | 0.1343 people per person | 0.3589 people per person | 0.2245 people per person | Tajikistan |
| 1980s | 0.1649 people per person | 0.3338 people per person | 0.1689 people per person | Tajikistan |
| 1990s | 0.178 people per person | 0.2896 people per person | 0.1117 people per person | Tajikistan |
| 2000s | 0.198 people per person | 0.2653 people per person | 0.0673 people per person | Tajikistan |
| 2010s | 0.2405 people per person | 0.264 people per person | 0.0234 people per person | Tajikistan |
| 2020s | 0.2552 people per person | 0.2619 people per person | 0.0067 people per person | Tajikistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita, Afghanistan or Tajikistan?
- Tajikistan, at 0.2616 people per person against 0.2594 people per person in Afghanistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Afghanistan and Tajikistan?
- 0.0022 people per person, with Tajikistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Tajikistan?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Tajikistan rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Afghanistan ranks 202nd and Tajikistan ranks 201st of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.