Niger vs Sri Lanka: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Niger
0.1837 people per person
in 2025
Sri Lanka
0.2184 people per person
in 2025
Niger rank
211th
Sri Lanka rank
208th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Niger
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.2184 people per person against 0.1837 people per person in Niger, a difference of 0.0347 people per person.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.2 times Niger's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Niger ranks 211th and Sri Lanka ranks 208th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.068 people per person | 0.1969 people per person | 0.1289 people per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 0.1151 people per person | 0.2219 people per person | 0.1069 people per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 0.1465 people per person | 0.2033 people per person | 0.0569 people per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.1575 people per person | 0.1621 people per person | 0.0046 people per person | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.1625 people per person | 0.153 people per person | 0.0095 people per person | Niger |
| 2010s | 0.1638 people per person | 0.1904 people per person | 0.0266 people per person | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.1765 people per person | 0.2089 people per person | 0.0325 people per person | Sri Lanka |
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, Niger or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.2184 people per person against 0.1837 people per person in Niger as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Niger and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0347 people per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Sri Lanka?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Niger and Sri Lanka rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Niger ranks 211th and Sri Lanka ranks 208th 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.