Australia vs Greenland: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Australia
0.8569 people per person
in 2025
Greenland
0.8688 people per person
in 2025
Australia rank
42nd
Greenland rank
39th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Australia
- Greenland
How they compare
Greenland currently reports 0.8688 people per person against 0.8569 people per person in Australia, a difference of 0.0119 people per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 42nd and Greenland ranks 39th of 215 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Greenland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8286 people per person | 0.658 people per person | 0.1706 people per person | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.861 people per person | 0.737 people per person | 0.124 people per person | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.8571 people per person | 0.7816 people per person | 0.0755 people per person | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.8568 people per person | 0.8098 people per person | 0.047 people per person | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.8606 people per person | 0.8279 people per person | 0.0327 people per person | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.8726 people per person | 0.8564 people per person | 0.0163 people per person | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.8704 people per person | 0.8674 people per person | 0.003 people per person | Australia |
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, Australia or Greenland?
- Greenland, at 0.8688 people per person against 0.8569 people per person in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Australia and Greenland?
- 0.0119 people per person, with Greenland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Greenland?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Greenland rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Australia ranks 42nd and Greenland ranks 39th 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.