Norway vs Switzerland: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Norway
0.8375 people per person
in 2025
Switzerland
0.8455 people per person
in 2025
Norway rank
46th
Switzerland rank
45th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Norway
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 0.8455 people per person against 0.8375 people per person in Norway, a difference of 0.008 people per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Switzerland ahead.
Norway ranks 46th and Switzerland ranks 45th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 6 and Switzerland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5546 people per person | 0.5402 people per person | 0.0144 people per person | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.6837 people per person | 0.5919 people per person | 0.0918 people per person | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.7122 people per person | 0.6449 people per person | 0.0672 people per person | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.7375 people per person | 0.7111 people per person | 0.0264 people per person | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.7763 people per person | 0.7342 people per person | 0.0421 people per person | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.8083 people per person | 0.7603 people per person | 0.048 people per person | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.8312 people per person | 0.8431 people per person | 0.0119 people per person | Switzerland |
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, Norway or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 0.8455 people per person against 0.8375 people per person in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Norway and Switzerland?
- 0.008 people per person, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Switzerland?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Norway and Switzerland rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Norway ranks 46th and Switzerland ranks 45th 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.