What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Switzerland and United Kingdom?

0.0115 people per person, with Switzerland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Switzerland and United Kingdom?

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.

Switzerland vs United Kingdom: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita

Switzerland

0.8455 people per person

in 2025

United Kingdom

0.834 people per person

in 2025

Switzerland rank

45th

United Kingdom rank

47th

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

Switzerland
United Kingdom

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 0.8455 people per person against 0.834 people per person in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.0115 people per person.

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

Switzerland ranks 45th and United Kingdom ranks 47th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Switzerland averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Switzerland	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.5402 people per person	0.7778 people per person	0.2375 people per person	United Kingdom
1970s	0.5919 people per person	0.7752 people per person	0.1833 people per person	United Kingdom
1980s	0.6449 people per person	0.7846 people per person	0.1397 people per person	United Kingdom
1990s	0.7111 people per person	0.7887 people per person	0.0776 people per person	United Kingdom
2000s	0.7342 people per person	0.8063 people per person	0.0721 people per person	United Kingdom
2010s	0.7603 people per person	0.8217 people per person	0.0614 people per person	United Kingdom
2020s	0.8431 people per person	0.8351 people per person	0.008 people per person	Switzerland

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, Switzerland or United Kingdom?: Switzerland, at 0.8455 people per person against 0.834 people per person in United Kingdom as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Switzerland and United Kingdom?: 0.0115 people per person, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Switzerland and United Kingdom?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Switzerland and United Kingdom rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?: Switzerland ranks 45th and United Kingdom ranks 47th 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.