Australia vs Peru: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Australia
0.8569 people per person
in 2025
Peru
0.856 people per person
in 2025
Australia rank
42nd
Peru rank
43rd
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Australia
- Peru
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.8569 people per person against 0.856 people per person in Peru, a difference of 0.0009 people per person.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 42nd and Peru ranks 43rd of 215 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8286 people per person | 0.5124 people per person | 0.3163 people per person | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.861 people per person | 0.6123 people per person | 0.2487 people per person | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.8571 people per person | 0.6673 people per person | 0.1898 people per person | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.8568 people per person | 0.7068 people per person | 0.15 people per person | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.8606 people per person | 0.7468 people per person | 0.1138 people per person | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.8726 people per person | 0.8035 people per person | 0.0692 people per person | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.8704 people per person | 0.8457 people per person | 0.0247 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 Peru?
- Australia, at 0.8569 people per person against 0.856 people per person in Peru as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Australia and Peru?
- 0.0009 people per person, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Peru?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Peru rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Australia ranks 42nd and Peru ranks 43rd 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.