Malawi vs Papua New Guinea: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Malawi
0.1759 people per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.1578 people per person
in 2025
Malawi rank
212th
Papua New Guinea rank
214th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Malawi
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.1759 people per person against 0.1578 people per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0181 people per person.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 212th and Papua New Guinea ranks 214th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0458 people per person | 0.0557 people per person | 0.01 people per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.0746 people per person | 0.1234 people per person | 0.0488 people per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.101 people per person | 0.1407 people per person | 0.0398 people per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.133 people per person | 0.1444 people per person | 0.0114 people per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.1506 people per person | 0.131 people per person | 0.0196 people per person | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.158 people per person | 0.133 people per person | 0.025 people per person | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.1689 people per person | 0.1493 people per person | 0.0196 people per person | Malawi |
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 Papua New Guinea?
- Malawi, at 0.1759 people per person against 0.1578 people per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0181 people per person, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Malawi ranks 212th and Papua New Guinea ranks 214th 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.