Kenya vs Madagascar: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita

Kenya
0.3221 people per person
in 2025
Madagascar
0.329 people per person
in 2025
Kenya rank
189th
Madagascar rank
187th

Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time

  • Kenya
  • Madagascar
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How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 0.329 people per person against 0.3221 people per person in Kenya, a difference of 0.0069 people per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Madagascar ahead.

Kenya ranks 189th and Madagascar ranks 187th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Madagascar in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Madagascar Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0903 people per person 0.1227 people per person 0.0323 people per person Madagascar
1970s 0.1282 people per person 0.1619 people per person 0.0337 people per person Madagascar
1980s 0.1708 people per person 0.2006 people per person 0.0299 people per person Madagascar
1990s 0.1858 people per person 0.2332 people per person 0.0474 people per person Madagascar
2000s 0.2607 people per person 0.2632 people per person 0.0025 people per person Madagascar
2010s 0.3167 people per person 0.2905 people per person 0.0263 people per person Kenya
2020s 0.3161 people per person 0.3178 people per person 0.0017 people per person Madagascar

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, Kenya or Madagascar?
Madagascar, at 0.329 people per person against 0.3221 people per person in Kenya as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Kenya and Madagascar?
0.0069 people per person, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Madagascar?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Kenya and Madagascar rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
Kenya ranks 189th and Madagascar ranks 187th 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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Indicator
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Unit
people per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 14,160 data points, 1960–2025
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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.