Algeria vs El Salvador: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita

Algeria
0.7582 people per person
in 2025
El Salvador
0.7552 people per person
in 2025
Algeria rank
71st
El Salvador rank
73rd

Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time

  • Algeria
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

Algeria currently reports 0.7582 people per person against 0.7552 people per person in El Salvador, a difference of 0.003 people per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.

Algeria ranks 71st and El Salvador ranks 73rd of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 5 and El Salvador in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria El Salvador Difference Ahead
1960s 0.3672 people per person 0.3886 people per person 0.0213 people per person El Salvador
1970s 0.4038 people per person 0.4059 people per person 0.0021 people per person El Salvador
1980s 0.4724 people per person 0.4548 people per person 0.0175 people per person Algeria
1990s 0.5562 people per person 0.5216 people per person 0.0347 people per person Algeria
2000s 0.6326 people per person 0.6056 people per person 0.0269 people per person Algeria
2010s 0.6983 people per person 0.6914 people per person 0.0069 people per person Algeria
2020s 0.7445 people per person 0.7435 people per person 0.001 people per person Algeria

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, Algeria or El Salvador?
Algeria, at 0.7582 people per person against 0.7552 people per person in El Salvador as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Algeria and El Salvador?
0.003 people per person, with Algeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and El Salvador?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Algeria and El Salvador rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
Algeria ranks 71st and El Salvador ranks 73rd 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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Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Unit
people per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 14,160 data points, 1960–2025
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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.