Sri Lanka vs Tonga: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Sri Lanka
0.2184 people per person
in 2025
Tonga
0.2116 people per person
in 2025
Sri Lanka rank
208th
Tonga rank
210th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Sri Lanka
- Tonga
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.2184 people per person against 0.2116 people per person in Tonga, a difference of 0.0068 people per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tonga ahead.
Sri Lanka ranks 208th and Tonga ranks 210th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 2 and Tonga in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1969 people per person | 0.1956 people per person | 0.0013 people per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 0.2219 people per person | 0.203 people per person | 0.019 people per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 0.2033 people per person | 0.213 people per person | 0.0096 people per person | Tonga |
| 1990s | 0.1621 people per person | 0.227 people per person | 0.065 people per person | Tonga |
| 2000s | 0.153 people per person | 0.2316 people per person | 0.0786 people per person | Tonga |
| 2010s | 0.1904 people per person | 0.2315 people per person | 0.0411 people per person | Tonga |
| 2020s | 0.2089 people per person | 0.2129 people per person | 0.004 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, Sri Lanka or Tonga?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.2184 people per person against 0.2116 people per person in Tonga as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Sri Lanka and Tonga?
- 0.0068 people per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Tonga?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Sri Lanka and Tonga rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Sri Lanka ranks 208th 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.