Ecuador vs Nigeria: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita

Ecuador
0.6339 people per person
in 2025
Nigeria
0.6378 people per person
in 2025
Ecuador rank
113th
Nigeria rank
112th

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

  • Ecuador
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.6378 people per person against 0.6339 people per person in Ecuador, a difference of 0.0039 people per person.

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

Ecuador ranks 113th and Nigeria ranks 112th of 215 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 0.3693 people per person 0.1683 people per person 0.2011 people per person Ecuador
1970s 0.4215 people per person 0.2338 people per person 0.1877 people per person Ecuador
1980s 0.5087 people per person 0.309 people per person 0.1997 people per person Ecuador
1990s 0.5783 people per person 0.3877 people per person 0.1906 people per person Ecuador
2000s 0.6181 people per person 0.4711 people per person 0.1471 people per person Ecuador
2010s 0.6293 people per person 0.5532 people per person 0.076 people per person Ecuador
2020s 0.6317 people per person 0.6177 people per person 0.014 people per person Ecuador

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, Ecuador or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 0.6378 people per person against 0.6339 people per person in Ecuador as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Ecuador and Nigeria?
0.0039 people per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Nigeria?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Ecuador and Nigeria rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
Ecuador ranks 113th and Nigeria ranks 112th 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.