Puerto Rico vs Uruguay: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Puerto Rico
0.9584 people per person
in 2025
Uruguay
0.9565 people per person
in 2025
Puerto Rico rank
16th
Uruguay rank
18th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Puerto Rico
- Uruguay
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 0.9584 people per person against 0.9565 people per person in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0019 people per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uruguay ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 16th and Uruguay ranks 18th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.493 people per person | 0.8102 people per person | 0.3173 people per person | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 0.6115 people per person | 0.8305 people per person | 0.219 people per person | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 0.7454 people per person | 0.8694 people per person | 0.124 people per person | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 0.9028 people per person | 0.9034 people per person | 0.0006 people per person | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 0.9369 people per person | 0.9225 people per person | 0.0144 people per person | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 0.9342 people per person | 0.9497 people per person | 0.0155 people per person | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.9482 people per person | 0.9552 people per person | 0.0071 people per person | Uruguay |
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, Puerto Rico or Uruguay?
- Puerto Rico, at 0.9584 people per person against 0.9565 people per person in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Puerto Rico and Uruguay?
- 0.0019 people per person, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Uruguay?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Puerto Rico and Uruguay rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Puerto Rico ranks 16th and Uruguay ranks 18th 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.