Malawi vs Niger: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Malawi
0.1759 people per person
in 2025
Niger
0.1837 people per person
in 2025
Malawi rank
212th
Niger rank
211th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Malawi
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 0.1837 people per person against 0.1759 people per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.0078 people per person.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 212th and Niger ranks 211th of 215 countries.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0458 people per person | 0.068 people per person | 0.0222 people per person | Niger |
| 1970s | 0.0746 people per person | 0.1151 people per person | 0.0405 people per person | Niger |
| 1980s | 0.101 people per person | 0.1465 people per person | 0.0455 people per person | Niger |
| 1990s | 0.133 people per person | 0.1575 people per person | 0.0244 people per person | Niger |
| 2000s | 0.1506 people per person | 0.1625 people per person | 0.0119 people per person | Niger |
| 2010s | 0.158 people per person | 0.1638 people per person | 0.0058 people per person | Niger |
| 2020s | 0.1689 people per person | 0.1765 people per person | 0.0076 people per person | Niger |
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, Malawi or Niger?
- Niger, at 0.1837 people per person against 0.1759 people per person in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Malawi and Niger?
- 0.0078 people per person, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Niger?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Niger rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Malawi ranks 212th and Niger ranks 211th 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.