Rwanda vs Uganda: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Rwanda
0.3091 people per person
in 2025
Uganda
0.3194 people per person
in 2025
Rwanda rank
193rd
Uganda rank
190th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Rwanda
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 0.3194 people per person against 0.3091 people per person in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0103 people per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.
Rwanda ranks 193rd and Uganda ranks 190th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0286 people per person | 0.0528 people per person | 0.0241 people per person | Uganda |
| 1970s | 0.0404 people per person | 0.064 people per person | 0.0236 people per person | Uganda |
| 1980s | 0.05 people per person | 0.0799 people per person | 0.0299 people per person | Uganda |
| 1990s | 0.0891 people per person | 0.1062 people per person | 0.0171 people per person | Uganda |
| 2000s | 0.1676 people per person | 0.1394 people per person | 0.0281 people per person | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 0.1875 people per person | 0.2392 people per person | 0.0518 people per person | Uganda |
| 2020s | 0.2801 people per person | 0.3025 people per person | 0.0225 people per person | Uganda |
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, Rwanda or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 0.3194 people per person against 0.3091 people per person in Rwanda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Rwanda and Uganda?
- 0.0103 people per person, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Uganda?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Rwanda and Uganda rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Rwanda ranks 193rd and Uganda ranks 190th 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.