Cuba vs Malaysia: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita

Cuba
0.7723 people per person
in 2025
Malaysia
0.774 people per person
in 2025
Cuba rank
69th
Malaysia rank
66th

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

  • Cuba
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 0.774 people per person against 0.7723 people per person in Cuba, a difference of 0.0017 people per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 69th and Malaysia ranks 66th of 215 countries.

Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cuba Malaysia Difference Ahead
1960s 0.5874 people per person 0.2763 people per person 0.3111 people per person Cuba
1970s 0.6366 people per person 0.313 people per person 0.3236 people per person Cuba
1980s 0.7087 people per person 0.4021 people per person 0.3065 people per person Cuba
1990s 0.7464 people per person 0.5515 people per person 0.195 people per person Cuba
2000s 0.7604 people per person 0.6637 people per person 0.0967 people per person Cuba
2010s 0.7686 people per person 0.7307 people per person 0.0379 people per person Cuba
2020s 0.7714 people per person 0.7621 people per person 0.0092 people per person Cuba

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, Cuba or Malaysia?
Malaysia, at 0.774 people per person against 0.7723 people per person in Cuba as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Cuba and Malaysia?
0.0017 people per person, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Malaysia?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Cuba and Malaysia rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
Cuba ranks 69th and Malaysia ranks 66th 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

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.