Papua New Guinea vs Samoa: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Papua New Guinea
0.1578 people per person
in 2025
Samoa
0.1751 people per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
214th
Samoa rank
213th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.1751 people per person against 0.1578 people per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0173 people per person.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 214th and Samoa ranks 213th of 215 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0557 people per person | 0.193 people per person | 0.1372 people per person | Samoa |
| 1970s | 0.1234 people per person | 0.2091 people per person | 0.0857 people per person | Samoa |
| 1980s | 0.1407 people per person | 0.2085 people per person | 0.0678 people per person | Samoa |
| 1990s | 0.1444 people per person | 0.2148 people per person | 0.0704 people per person | Samoa |
| 2000s | 0.131 people per person | 0.2126 people per person | 0.0816 people per person | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.133 people per person | 0.1921 people per person | 0.0591 people per person | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.1493 people per person | 0.1761 people per person | 0.0267 people per person | Samoa |
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, Papua New Guinea or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 0.1751 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 Papua New Guinea and Samoa?
- 0.0173 people per person, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Samoa?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Samoa rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 214th and Samoa ranks 213th 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.