Canada vs Costa Rica: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Canada
0.7984 people per person
in 2025
Costa Rica
0.7973 people per person
in 2025
Canada rank
55th
Costa Rica rank
56th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Canada
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Canada currently reports 0.7984 people per person against 0.7973 people per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0011 people per person.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 55th and Costa Rica ranks 56th of 215 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7239 people per person | 0.3547 people per person | 0.3692 people per person | Canada |
| 1970s | 0.7581 people per person | 0.4104 people per person | 0.3477 people per person | Canada |
| 1980s | 0.7639 people per person | 0.449 people per person | 0.3149 people per person | Canada |
| 1990s | 0.7785 people per person | 0.5315 people per person | 0.247 people per person | Canada |
| 2000s | 0.8027 people per person | 0.6441 people per person | 0.1586 people per person | Canada |
| 2010s | 0.8179 people per person | 0.7464 people per person | 0.0715 people per person | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.8124 people per person | 0.7864 people per person | 0.026 people per person | Canada |
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, Canada or Costa Rica?
- Canada, at 0.7984 people per person against 0.7973 people per person in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Canada and Costa Rica?
- 0.0011 people per person, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Costa Rica?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Costa Rica rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Canada ranks 55th and Costa Rica ranks 56th 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.