Guinea-Bissau vs Sierra Leone: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Guinea-Bissau
0.4665 people per person
in 2025
Sierra Leone
0.4593 people per person
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau rank
159th
Sierra Leone rank
160th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.4665 people per person against 0.4593 people per person in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0072 people per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 159th and Sierra Leone ranks 160th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1426 people per person | 0.2022 people per person | 0.0596 people per person | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0.1568 people per person | 0.2733 people per person | 0.1165 people per person | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 0.2358 people per person | 0.3185 people per person | 0.0827 people per person | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 0.3451 people per person | 0.344 people per person | 0.0012 people per person | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 0.3824 people per person | 0.3678 people per person | 0.0146 people per person | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 0.4194 people per person | 0.406 people per person | 0.0134 people per person | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 0.4543 people per person | 0.4455 people per person | 0.0087 people per person | Guinea-Bissau |
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, Guinea-Bissau or Sierra Leone?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 0.4665 people per person against 0.4593 people per person in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0072 people per person, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 159th and Sierra Leone ranks 160th 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.