Samoa vs Tonga: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Samoa
0.1751 people per person
in 2025
Tonga
0.2116 people per person
in 2025
Samoa rank
213th
Tonga rank
210th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Samoa
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 0.2116 people per person against 0.1751 people per person in Samoa, a difference of 0.0365 people per person.
That makes Tonga's figure about 1.2 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 213th and Tonga ranks 210th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 1 and Tonga in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.193 people per person | 0.1956 people per person | 0.0026 people per person | Tonga |
| 1970s | 0.2091 people per person | 0.203 people per person | 0.0061 people per person | Samoa |
| 1980s | 0.2085 people per person | 0.213 people per person | 0.0045 people per person | Tonga |
| 1990s | 0.2148 people per person | 0.227 people per person | 0.0122 people per person | Tonga |
| 2000s | 0.2126 people per person | 0.2316 people per person | 0.019 people per person | Tonga |
| 2010s | 0.1921 people per person | 0.2315 people per person | 0.0394 people per person | Tonga |
| 2020s | 0.1761 people per person | 0.2129 people per person | 0.0368 people per person | Tonga |
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, Samoa or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 0.2116 people per person against 0.1751 people per person in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Samoa and Tonga?
- 0.0365 people per person, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tonga?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Samoa and Tonga rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Samoa ranks 213th and Tonga ranks 210th 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.