Kiribati vs South Africa: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita

Kiribati
0.6339 people per person
in 2025
South Africa
0.6382 people per person
in 2025
Kiribati rank
114th
South Africa rank
111th

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

  • Kiribati
  • South Africa
0.20.30.40.50.6196019922025

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 0.6382 people per person against 0.6339 people per person in Kiribati, a difference of 0.0043 people per person.

Across all 66 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Kiribati ranks 114th and South Africa ranks 111th of 215 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1993 people per person 0.4726 people per person 0.2734 people per person South Africa
1970s 0.2766 people per person 0.4804 people per person 0.2038 people per person South Africa
1980s 0.3349 people per person 0.4943 people per person 0.1594 people per person South Africa
1990s 0.3723 people per person 0.534 people per person 0.1617 people per person South Africa
2000s 0.4425 people per person 0.594 people per person 0.1514 people per person South Africa
2010s 0.514 people per person 0.6312 people per person 0.1172 people per person South Africa
2020s 0.61 people per person 0.6358 people per person 0.0258 people per person South Africa

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, Kiribati or South Africa?
South Africa, at 0.6382 people per person against 0.6339 people per person in Kiribati as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Kiribati and South Africa?
0.0043 people per person, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and South Africa?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Kiribati and South Africa rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
Kiribati ranks 114th and South Africa ranks 111th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Kiribati vs South Africa: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-living-in-urban-and-rural-areas-per-capita/kiribati/south-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-living-in-urban-and-rural-areas-per-capita/kiribati/south-africa/">Kiribati vs South Africa: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed

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.