Bhutan vs Lesotho: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Bhutan
0.4343 people per person
in 2025
Lesotho
0.4467 people per person
in 2025
Bhutan rank
165th
Lesotho rank
163rd
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Bhutan
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 0.4467 people per person against 0.4343 people per person in Bhutan, a difference of 0.0124 people per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lesotho ahead.
Bhutan ranks 165th and Lesotho ranks 163rd of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 4 and Lesotho in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0271 people per person | 0.0624 people per person | 0.0353 people per person | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 0.0663 people per person | 0.1067 people per person | 0.0404 people per person | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 0.1584 people per person | 0.1144 people per person | 0.0441 people per person | Bhutan |
| 1990s | 0.2359 people per person | 0.1598 people per person | 0.0762 people per person | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 0.3055 people per person | 0.2242 people per person | 0.0814 people per person | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 0.3645 people per person | 0.3321 people per person | 0.0324 people per person | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 0.4144 people per person | 0.4216 people per person | 0.0072 people per person | Lesotho |
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, Bhutan or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 0.4467 people per person against 0.4343 people per person in Bhutan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Bhutan and Lesotho?
- 0.0124 people per person, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Lesotho?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Lesotho rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Bhutan ranks 165th and Lesotho ranks 163rd 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.