Burkina Faso vs Rwanda: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Burkina Faso
0.2892 people per person
in 2025
Rwanda
0.3091 people per person
in 2025
Burkina Faso rank
196th
Rwanda rank
193rd
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Burkina Faso
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 0.3091 people per person against 0.2892 people per person in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.0199 people per person.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 196th and Rwanda ranks 193rd of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 6 and Rwanda in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0542 people per person | 0.0286 people per person | 0.0255 people per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 0.0654 people per person | 0.0404 people per person | 0.0249 people per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 0.1096 people per person | 0.05 people per person | 0.0596 people per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 0.1489 people per person | 0.0891 people per person | 0.0598 people per person | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 0.2131 people per person | 0.1676 people per person | 0.0456 people per person | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 0.2535 people per person | 0.1875 people per person | 0.066 people per person | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 0.2758 people per person | 0.2801 people per person | 0.0042 people per person | Rwanda |
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, Burkina Faso or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 0.3091 people per person against 0.2892 people per person in Burkina Faso as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Burkina Faso and Rwanda?
- 0.0199 people per person, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Rwanda?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and Rwanda rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Burkina Faso ranks 196th and Rwanda ranks 193rd 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.