Greenland vs Libya: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Greenland
0.8688 people per person
in 2025
Libya
0.8791 people per person
in 2025
Greenland rank
39th
Libya rank
38th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Greenland
- Libya
How they compare
Libya currently reports 0.8791 people per person against 0.8688 people per person in Greenland, a difference of 0.0103 people per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Greenland ahead.
Greenland ranks 39th and Libya ranks 38th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Greenland averaged higher in 3 and Libya in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greenland | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.658 people per person | 0.2824 people per person | 0.3756 people per person | Greenland |
| 1970s | 0.737 people per person | 0.5949 people per person | 0.1422 people per person | Greenland |
| 1980s | 0.7816 people per person | 0.7554 people per person | 0.0263 people per person | Greenland |
| 1990s | 0.8098 people per person | 0.8379 people per person | 0.0281 people per person | Libya |
| 2000s | 0.8279 people per person | 0.8785 people per person | 0.0507 people per person | Libya |
| 2010s | 0.8564 people per person | 0.8794 people per person | 0.0231 people per person | Libya |
| 2020s | 0.8674 people per person | 0.8786 people per person | 0.0112 people per person | Libya |
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, Greenland or Libya?
- Libya, at 0.8791 people per person against 0.8688 people per person in Greenland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Greenland and Libya?
- 0.0103 people per person, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Libya?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Greenland and Libya rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Greenland ranks 39th and Libya ranks 38th 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.