Botswana vs Latvia: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Botswana
0.6796 people per person
in 2025
Latvia
0.6885 people per person
in 2025
Botswana rank
98th
Latvia rank
96th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Botswana
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 0.6885 people per person against 0.6796 people per person in Botswana, a difference of 0.0089 people per person.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Latvia has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 98th and Latvia ranks 96th of 215 countries.
Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0446 people per person | 0.5957 people per person | 0.551 people per person | Latvia |
| 1970s | 0.1178 people per person | 0.6551 people per person | 0.5373 people per person | Latvia |
| 1980s | 0.2587 people per person | 0.6992 people per person | 0.4405 people per person | Latvia |
| 1990s | 0.4878 people per person | 0.6939 people per person | 0.206 people per person | Latvia |
| 2000s | 0.5791 people per person | 0.6795 people per person | 0.1004 people per person | Latvia |
| 2010s | 0.6513 people per person | 0.6792 people per person | 0.0279 people per person | Latvia |
| 2020s | 0.67 people per person | 0.6842 people per person | 0.0142 people per person | Latvia |
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, Botswana or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 0.6885 people per person against 0.6796 people per person in Botswana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Botswana and Latvia?
- 0.0089 people per person, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Latvia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Botswana and Latvia rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Botswana ranks 98th and Latvia ranks 96th 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.