Hong Kong vs Singapore: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Hong Kong
0.9863 people per person
in 2025
Singapore
0.9607 people per person
in 2025
Hong Kong rank
13th
Singapore rank
15th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Hong Kong
- Singapore
How they compare
Hong Kong currently reports 0.9863 people per person against 0.9607 people per person in Singapore, a difference of 0.0256 people per person.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Singapore ahead.
Hong Kong ranks 13th and Singapore ranks 15th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Hong Kong averaged higher in 3 and Singapore in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hong Kong | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8008 people per person | 0.9906 people per person | 0.1897 people per person | Singapore |
| 1970s | 0.8877 people per person | 1 people per person | 0.1163 people per person | Singapore |
| 1980s | 0.9174 people per person | 1 people per person | 0.0836 people per person | Singapore |
| 1990s | 0.9905 people per person | 0.9994 people per person | 0.0089 people per person | Singapore |
| 2000s | 1.01 people per person | 0.999 people per person | 0.0126 people per person | Hong Kong |
| 2010s | 1.01 people per person | 0.9976 people per person | 0.0103 people per person | Hong Kong |
| 2020s | 0.9978 people per person | 0.9855 people per person | 0.0123 people per person | Hong Kong |
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, Hong Kong or Singapore?
- Hong Kong, at 0.9863 people per person against 0.9607 people per person in Singapore as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Hong Kong and Singapore?
- 0.0256 people per person, with Hong Kong ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Singapore?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Hong Kong and Singapore rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Hong Kong ranks 13th and Singapore ranks 15th 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.