Latvia vs Sao Tome and Principe: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita

Latvia
0.6885 people per person
in 2025
Sao Tome and Principe
0.6917 people per person
in 2025
Latvia rank
96th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
94th

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

  • Latvia
  • Sao Tome and Principe
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How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.6917 people per person against 0.6885 people per person in Latvia, a difference of 0.0032 people per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Latvia ahead.

Latvia ranks 96th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 94th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 6 and Sao Tome and Principe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latvia Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1960s 0.5957 people per person 0.214 people per person 0.3816 people per person Latvia
1970s 0.6551 people per person 0.3153 people per person 0.3398 people per person Latvia
1980s 0.6992 people per person 0.3733 people per person 0.3259 people per person Latvia
1990s 0.6939 people per person 0.4799 people per person 0.2139 people per person Latvia
2000s 0.6795 people per person 0.5881 people per person 0.0913 people per person Latvia
2010s 0.6792 people per person 0.6725 people per person 0.0067 people per person Latvia
2020s 0.6842 people per person 0.6854 people per person 0.0012 people per person Sao Tome and Principe

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, Latvia or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.6917 people per person against 0.6885 people per person in Latvia as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Latvia and Sao Tome and Principe?
0.0032 people per person, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Sao Tome and Principe?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Latvia and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
Latvia ranks 96th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 94th 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.