Sri Lanka vs Vanuatu: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita

Sri Lanka
0.2184 people per person
in 2025
Vanuatu
0.2232 people per person
in 2025
Sri Lanka rank
208th
Vanuatu rank
207th

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

  • Sri Lanka
  • Vanuatu
0.10.150.20.25196019922025

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 0.2232 people per person against 0.2184 people per person in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0048 people per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 208th and Vanuatu ranks 207th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 3 and Vanuatu in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sri Lanka Vanuatu Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1969 people per person 0.0928 people per person 0.1041 people per person Sri Lanka
1970s 0.2219 people per person 0.1268 people per person 0.0952 people per person Sri Lanka
1980s 0.2033 people per person 0.1665 people per person 0.0368 people per person Sri Lanka
1990s 0.1621 people per person 0.2009 people per person 0.0388 people per person Vanuatu
2000s 0.153 people per person 0.2291 people per person 0.0761 people per person Vanuatu
2010s 0.1904 people per person 0.2463 people per person 0.0559 people per person Vanuatu
2020s 0.2089 people per person 0.223 people per person 0.0141 people per person Vanuatu

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 Vanuatu?
Vanuatu, at 0.2232 people per person against 0.2184 people per person in Sri Lanka as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Sri Lanka and Vanuatu?
0.0048 people per person, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Vanuatu?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Sri Lanka and Vanuatu rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
Sri Lanka ranks 208th and Vanuatu ranks 207th 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
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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.