Canada vs Mexico: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Canada
0.7984 people per person
in 2025
Mexico
0.8004 people per person
in 2025
Canada rank
55th
Mexico rank
54th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Canada
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 0.8004 people per person against 0.7984 people per person in Canada, a difference of 0.002 people per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 55th and Mexico ranks 54th of 215 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7239 people per person | 0.5452 people per person | 0.1788 people per person | Canada |
| 1970s | 0.7581 people per person | 0.6245 people per person | 0.1335 people per person | Canada |
| 1980s | 0.7639 people per person | 0.6879 people per person | 0.076 people per person | Canada |
| 1990s | 0.7785 people per person | 0.7309 people per person | 0.0476 people per person | Canada |
| 2000s | 0.8027 people per person | 0.7608 people per person | 0.0419 people per person | Canada |
| 2010s | 0.8179 people per person | 0.7723 people per person | 0.0456 people per person | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.8124 people per person | 0.7935 people per person | 0.019 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 Mexico?
- Mexico, at 0.8004 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 Mexico?
- 0.002 people per person, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Mexico?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Mexico rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Canada ranks 55th and Mexico ranks 54th 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.