Canada vs Korea: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Canada
0.7984 people per person
in 2025
Korea
0.8115 people per person
in 2025
Canada rank
55th
Korea rank
52nd
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Canada
- Korea
How they compare
Korea currently reports 0.8115 people per person against 0.7984 people per person in Canada, a difference of 0.0131 people per person.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 55th and Korea ranks 52nd of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 6 and Korea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7239 people per person | 0.3289 people per person | 0.395 people per person | Canada |
| 1970s | 0.7581 people per person | 0.4811 people per person | 0.277 people per person | Canada |
| 1980s | 0.7639 people per person | 0.6489 people per person | 0.115 people per person | Canada |
| 1990s | 0.7785 people per person | 0.7831 people per person | 0.0046 people per person | Korea |
| 2000s | 0.8027 people per person | 0.8026 people per person | 0.0001 people per person | Canada |
| 2010s | 0.8179 people per person | 0.8126 people per person | 0.0053 people per person | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.8124 people per person | 0.8122 people per person | 0.0002 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 Korea?
- Korea, at 0.8115 people per person against 0.7984 people per person in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Canada and Korea?
- 0.0131 people per person, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Korea?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Korea rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Canada ranks 55th and Korea ranks 52nd 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.