Germany vs Korea: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Germany
0.8271 people per person
in 2025
Korea
0.8115 people per person
in 2025
Germany rank
49th
Korea rank
52nd
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Germany
- Korea
How they compare
Germany currently reports 0.8271 people per person against 0.8115 people per person in Korea, a difference of 0.0156 people per person.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 49th and Korea ranks 52nd of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 5 and Korea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7787 people per person | 0.3289 people per person | 0.4498 people per person | Germany |
| 1970s | 0.7982 people per person | 0.4811 people per person | 0.3171 people per person | Germany |
| 1980s | 0.8012 people per person | 0.6489 people per person | 0.1522 people per person | Germany |
| 1990s | 0.8026 people per person | 0.7831 people per person | 0.0195 people per person | Germany |
| 2000s | 0.7958 people per person | 0.8026 people per person | 0.0068 people per person | Korea |
| 2010s | 0.8101 people per person | 0.8126 people per person | 0.0025 people per person | Korea |
| 2020s | 0.826 people per person | 0.8122 people per person | 0.0139 people per person | Germany |
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, Germany or Korea?
- Germany, at 0.8271 people per person against 0.8115 people per person in Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Germany and Korea?
- 0.0156 people per person, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Korea?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Germany and Korea rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Germany ranks 49th and Korea ranks 52nd 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.