How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zambia?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

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.

Sierra Leone vs Zambia: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita

Sierra Leone

0.4593 people per person

in 2025

Zambia

0.4592 people per person

in 2025

Sierra Leone rank

160th

Zambia rank

161st

Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time

Sierra Leone
Zambia

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.4593 people per person against 0.4592 people per person in Zambia, a difference of 0.0001 people per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 160th and Zambia ranks 161st of 215 countries.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sierra Leone	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.2022 people per person	0.2271 people per person	0.0249 people per person	Zambia
1970s	0.2733 people per person	0.358 people per person	0.0846 people per person	Zambia
1980s	0.3185 people per person	0.3973 people per person	0.0788 people per person	Zambia
1990s	0.344 people per person	0.3819 people per person	0.038 people per person	Zambia
2000s	0.3678 people per person	0.373 people per person	0.0052 people per person	Zambia
2010s	0.406 people per person	0.4175 people per person	0.0115 people per person	Zambia
2020s	0.4455 people per person	0.4485 people per person	0.003 people per person	Zambia

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, Sierra Leone or Zambia?: Sierra Leone, at 0.4593 people per person against 0.4592 people per person in Zambia as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Sierra Leone and Zambia?: 0.0001 people per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zambia?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Sierra Leone and Zambia rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?: Sierra Leone ranks 160th and Zambia ranks 161st 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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Indicator: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Unit: people per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 215 places, 14,160 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 29 August 2026

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.