Brazil vs Chile: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita

Brazil
0.8818 people per person
in 2025
Chile
0.8918 people per person
in 2025
Brazil rank
37th
Chile rank
34th

Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time

  • Brazil
  • Chile
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How they compare

Chile currently reports 0.8918 people per person against 0.8818 people per person in Brazil, a difference of 0.01 people per person.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Chile has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 37th and Chile ranks 34th of 215 countries.

Chile has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Chile Difference Ahead
1960s 0.4833 people per person 0.7133 people per person 0.23 people per person Chile
1970s 0.5961 people per person 0.7838 people per person 0.1877 people per person Chile
1980s 0.7107 people per person 0.8254 people per person 0.1147 people per person Chile
1990s 0.7756 people per person 0.8438 people per person 0.0682 people per person Chile
2000s 0.8274 people per person 0.867 people per person 0.0396 people per person Chile
2010s 0.8554 people per person 0.8745 people per person 0.0191 people per person Chile
2020s 0.8751 people per person 0.8873 people per person 0.0122 people per person Chile

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, Brazil or Chile?
Chile, at 0.8918 people per person against 0.8818 people per person in Brazil as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Brazil and Chile?
0.01 people per person, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Chile?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Brazil and Chile rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
Brazil ranks 37th and Chile ranks 34th 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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Indicator
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Unit
people per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 14,160 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.