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
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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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.