What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Democratic Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone?

0.0082 people per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

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.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Sierra Leone: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita

Democratic Republic of Congo

0.4511 people per person

in 2025

Sierra Leone

0.4593 people per person

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

162nd

Sierra Leone rank

160th

Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.4593 people per person against 0.4511 people per person in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0082 people per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 162nd and Sierra Leone ranks 160th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Democratic Republic of Congo averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.2296 people per person	0.2022 people per person	0.0275 people per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
1970s	0.2524 people per person	0.2733 people per person	0.0209 people per person	Sierra Leone
1980s	0.283 people per person	0.3185 people per person	0.0354 people per person	Sierra Leone
1990s	0.3227 people per person	0.344 people per person	0.0213 people per person	Sierra Leone
2000s	0.3707 people per person	0.3678 people per person	0.0029 people per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
2010s	0.4114 people per person	0.406 people per person	0.0054 people per person	Democratic Republic of Congo
2020s	0.4419 people per person	0.4455 people per person	0.0037 people per person	Sierra Leone

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, Democratic Republic of Congo or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 0.4593 people per person against 0.4511 people per person in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Democratic Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone?: 0.0082 people per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 162nd and Sierra Leone ranks 160th 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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Indicator: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Unit: people per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 215 places, 14,160 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 29 August 2026

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.