Malawi vs Tonga: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Malawi
0.1759 people per person
in 2025
Tonga
0.2116 people per person
in 2025
Malawi rank
212th
Tonga rank
210th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Malawi
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 0.2116 people per person against 0.1759 people per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.0357 people per person.
That makes Tonga's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 212th and Tonga ranks 210th of 215 countries.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0458 people per person | 0.1956 people per person | 0.1498 people per person | Tonga |
| 1970s | 0.0746 people per person | 0.203 people per person | 0.1284 people per person | Tonga |
| 1980s | 0.101 people per person | 0.213 people per person | 0.112 people per person | Tonga |
| 1990s | 0.133 people per person | 0.227 people per person | 0.094 people per person | Tonga |
| 2000s | 0.1506 people per person | 0.2316 people per person | 0.081 people per person | Tonga |
| 2010s | 0.158 people per person | 0.2315 people per person | 0.0735 people per person | Tonga |
| 2020s | 0.1689 people per person | 0.2129 people per person | 0.044 people per person | Tonga |
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 Tonga?
- Tonga, at 0.2116 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 Tonga?
- 0.0357 people per person, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Tonga?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Tonga rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Malawi ranks 212th and Tonga ranks 210th 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.