Egypt vs Lesotho: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Egypt
0.429 people per person
in 2025
Lesotho
0.4467 people per person
in 2025
Egypt rank
166th
Lesotho rank
163rd
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Egypt
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 0.4467 people per person against 0.429 people per person in Egypt, a difference of 0.0177 people per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 166th and Lesotho ranks 163rd of 215 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.403 people per person | 0.0624 people per person | 0.3406 people per person | Egypt |
| 1970s | 0.4344 people per person | 0.1067 people per person | 0.3277 people per person | Egypt |
| 1980s | 0.4391 people per person | 0.1144 people per person | 0.3247 people per person | Egypt |
| 1990s | 0.4293 people per person | 0.1598 people per person | 0.2695 people per person | Egypt |
| 2000s | 0.429 people per person | 0.2242 people per person | 0.2048 people per person | Egypt |
| 2010s | 0.4265 people per person | 0.3321 people per person | 0.0944 people per person | Egypt |
| 2020s | 0.4269 people per person | 0.4216 people per person | 0.0052 people per person | Egypt |
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, Egypt or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 0.4467 people per person against 0.429 people per person in Egypt as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Egypt and Lesotho?
- 0.0177 people per person, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Lesotho?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Lesotho rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Egypt ranks 166th and Lesotho ranks 163rd 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.