Colombia vs Palau: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Colombia
0.7878 people per person
in 2025
Palau
0.7928 people per person
in 2025
Colombia rank
61st
Palau rank
58th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Colombia
- Palau
How they compare
Palau currently reports 0.7928 people per person against 0.7878 people per person in Colombia, a difference of 0.005 people per person.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 61st and Palau ranks 58th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 4 and Palau in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5255 people per person | 0.5125 people per person | 0.013 people per person | Colombia |
| 1970s | 0.6155 people per person | 0.6066 people per person | 0.0089 people per person | Colombia |
| 1980s | 0.6686 people per person | 0.6652 people per person | 0.0034 people per person | Colombia |
| 1990s | 0.7163 people per person | 0.7053 people per person | 0.011 people per person | Colombia |
| 2000s | 0.7572 people per person | 0.7583 people per person | 0.0011 people per person | Palau |
| 2010s | 0.771 people per person | 0.8037 people per person | 0.0328 people per person | Palau |
| 2020s | 0.7818 people per person | 0.7915 people per person | 0.0097 people per person | Palau |
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, Colombia or Palau?
- Palau, at 0.7928 people per person against 0.7878 people per person in Colombia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Colombia and Palau?
- 0.005 people per person, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Palau?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Palau rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Colombia ranks 61st and Palau ranks 58th 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.