Ireland vs Poland: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Ireland
0.6251 people per person
in 2025
Poland
0.629 people per person
in 2025
Ireland rank
120th
Poland rank
117th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Ireland
- Poland
How they compare
Poland currently reports 0.629 people per person against 0.6251 people per person in Ireland, a difference of 0.0039 people per person.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Poland ahead.
Ireland ranks 120th and Poland ranks 117th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 2 and Poland in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4808 people per person | 0.498 people per person | 0.0172 people per person | Poland |
| 1970s | 0.5363 people per person | 0.5486 people per person | 0.0123 people per person | Poland |
| 1980s | 0.5611 people per person | 0.6003 people per person | 0.0392 people per person | Poland |
| 1990s | 0.5784 people per person | 0.6121 people per person | 0.0337 people per person | Poland |
| 2000s | 0.603 people per person | 0.6142 people per person | 0.0112 people per person | Poland |
| 2010s | 0.6246 people per person | 0.6075 people per person | 0.0171 people per person | Ireland |
| 2020s | 0.6266 people per person | 0.6237 people per person | 0.0029 people per person | Ireland |
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, Ireland or Poland?
- Poland, at 0.629 people per person against 0.6251 people per person in Ireland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Ireland and Poland?
- 0.0039 people per person, with Poland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Poland?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Ireland and Poland rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Ireland ranks 120th and Poland ranks 117th 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.