Bangladesh vs Eritrea: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Bangladesh
0.3324 people per person
in 2025
Eritrea
0.3454 people per person
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
186th
Eritrea rank
183rd
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Bangladesh
- Eritrea
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 0.3454 people per person against 0.3324 people per person in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.013 people per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Eritrea ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 186th and Eritrea ranks 183rd of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 1 and Eritrea in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Eritrea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0601 people per person | 0.1157 people per person | 0.0556 people per person | Eritrea |
| 1970s | 0.0989 people per person | 0.1351 people per person | 0.0362 people per person | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 0.1726 people per person | 0.1555 people per person | 0.0171 people per person | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 0.2146 people per person | 0.2616 people per person | 0.0469 people per person | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 0.2527 people per person | 0.3494 people per person | 0.0967 people per person | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 0.2933 people per person | 0.3554 people per person | 0.0621 people per person | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 0.3204 people per person | 0.3479 people per person | 0.0274 people per person | Eritrea |
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, Bangladesh or Eritrea?
- Eritrea, at 0.3454 people per person against 0.3324 people per person in Bangladesh as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Bangladesh and Eritrea?
- 0.013 people per person, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Eritrea?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Bangladesh and Eritrea rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Bangladesh ranks 186th and Eritrea ranks 183rd 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.