Benin vs Somalia: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Benin
0.5336 people per person
in 2025
Somalia
0.5514 people per person
in 2025
Benin rank
149th
Somalia rank
146th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Benin
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.5514 people per person against 0.5336 people per person in Benin, a difference of 0.0178 people per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.
Benin ranks 149th and Somalia ranks 146th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 4 and Somalia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1284 people per person | 0.2009 people per person | 0.0724 people per person | Somalia |
| 1970s | 0.2227 people per person | 0.2518 people per person | 0.0291 people per person | Somalia |
| 1980s | 0.3089 people per person | 0.279 people per person | 0.0299 people per person | Benin |
| 1990s | 0.3657 people per person | 0.3094 people per person | 0.0563 people per person | Benin |
| 2000s | 0.4017 people per person | 0.353 people per person | 0.0487 people per person | Benin |
| 2010s | 0.4569 people per person | 0.4426 people per person | 0.0143 people per person | Benin |
| 2020s | 0.5138 people per person | 0.5375 people per person | 0.0238 people per person | Somalia |
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, Benin or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 0.5514 people per person against 0.5336 people per person in Benin as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Benin and Somalia?
- 0.0178 people per person, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Somalia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Benin and Somalia rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Benin ranks 149th and Somalia ranks 146th 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.