Colombia vs Saudi Arabia: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Colombia
0.7878 people per person
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
0.791 people per person
in 2025
Colombia rank
61st
Saudi Arabia rank
60th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Colombia
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.791 people per person against 0.7878 people per person in Colombia, a difference of 0.0032 people per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 61st and Saudi Arabia ranks 60th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 2 and Saudi Arabia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5255 people per person | 0.3861 people per person | 0.1395 people per person | Colombia |
| 1970s | 0.6155 people per person | 0.5738 people per person | 0.0418 people per person | Colombia |
| 1980s | 0.6686 people per person | 0.7197 people per person | 0.0511 people per person | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 0.7163 people per person | 0.7864 people per person | 0.0701 people per person | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 0.7572 people per person | 0.8089 people per person | 0.0517 people per person | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 0.771 people per person | 0.8429 people per person | 0.072 people per person | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 0.7818 people per person | 0.8258 people per person | 0.0439 people per person | Saudi Arabia |
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 Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 0.791 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 Saudi Arabia?
- 0.0032 people per person, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Saudi Arabia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Saudi Arabia rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Colombia ranks 61st and Saudi Arabia ranks 60th 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.