New Zealand vs Norway: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
New Zealand
0.8285 people per person
in 2025
Norway
0.8375 people per person
in 2025
New Zealand rank
48th
Norway rank
46th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- New Zealand
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.8375 people per person against 0.8285 people per person in New Zealand, a difference of 0.009 people per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 48th and Norway ranks 46th of 215 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.685 people per person | 0.5546 people per person | 0.1304 people per person | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 0.8287 people per person | 0.6837 people per person | 0.145 people per person | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 0.8459 people per person | 0.7122 people per person | 0.1337 people per person | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 0.8542 people per person | 0.7375 people per person | 0.1167 people per person | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 0.8588 people per person | 0.7763 people per person | 0.0825 people per person | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.851 people per person | 0.8083 people per person | 0.0427 people per person | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 0.8362 people per person | 0.8312 people per person | 0.005 people per person | New Zealand |
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, New Zealand or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.8375 people per person against 0.8285 people per person in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between New Zealand and Norway?
- 0.009 people per person, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Norway?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do New Zealand and Norway rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- New Zealand ranks 48th and Norway ranks 46th 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.