Belgium vs Greenland: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Belgium
0.8633 people per person
in 2025
Greenland
0.8688 people per person
in 2025
Belgium rank
40th
Greenland rank
39th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Belgium
- Greenland
How they compare
Greenland currently reports 0.8688 people per person against 0.8633 people per person in Belgium, a difference of 0.0055 people per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 40th and Greenland ranks 39th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 4 and Greenland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Greenland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6753 people per person | 0.658 people per person | 0.0173 people per person | Belgium |
| 1970s | 0.7222 people per person | 0.737 people per person | 0.0148 people per person | Greenland |
| 1980s | 0.7655 people per person | 0.7816 people per person | 0.0162 people per person | Greenland |
| 1990s | 0.8014 people per person | 0.8098 people per person | 0.0084 people per person | Greenland |
| 2000s | 0.8341 people per person | 0.8279 people per person | 0.0062 people per person | Belgium |
| 2010s | 0.8611 people per person | 0.8564 people per person | 0.0048 people per person | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.8699 people per person | 0.8674 people per person | 0.0025 people per person | Belgium |
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, Belgium or Greenland?
- Greenland, at 0.8688 people per person against 0.8633 people per person in Belgium as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Belgium and Greenland?
- 0.0055 people per person, with Greenland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Greenland?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Greenland rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Belgium ranks 40th 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.