How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sierra Leone?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

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.

Lesotho vs Sierra Leone: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita

Lesotho

0.4467 people per person

in 2025

Sierra Leone

0.4593 people per person

in 2025

Lesotho rank

163rd

Sierra Leone rank

160th

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

Lesotho
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.4593 people per person against 0.4467 people per person in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0126 people per person.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Lesotho ranks 163rd and Sierra Leone ranks 160th of 215 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0624 people per person	0.2022 people per person	0.1398 people per person	Sierra Leone
1970s	0.1067 people per person	0.2733 people per person	0.1666 people per person	Sierra Leone
1980s	0.1144 people per person	0.3185 people per person	0.2041 people per person	Sierra Leone
1990s	0.1598 people per person	0.344 people per person	0.1842 people per person	Sierra Leone
2000s	0.2242 people per person	0.3678 people per person	0.1436 people per person	Sierra Leone
2010s	0.3321 people per person	0.406 people per person	0.0739 people per person	Sierra Leone
2020s	0.4216 people per person	0.4455 people per person	0.0239 people per person	Sierra Leone

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, Lesotho or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 0.4593 people per person against 0.4467 people per person in Lesotho as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Lesotho and Sierra Leone?: 0.0126 people per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sierra Leone?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Lesotho and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?: Lesotho ranks 163rd and Sierra Leone ranks 160th 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
Last refreshed: 29 August 2026

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.