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

0.0131 people per person, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for United Arab Emirates 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.

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

United Arab Emirates

0.8471 people per person

in 2025

United Kingdom

0.834 people per person

in 2025

United Arab Emirates rank

44th

United Kingdom rank

47th

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

United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 0.8471 people per person against 0.834 people per person in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.0131 people per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United Kingdom ahead.

United Arab Emirates ranks 44th and United Kingdom ranks 47th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, United Arab Emirates averaged higher in 5 and United Kingdom in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	United Arab Emirates	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.7727 people per person	0.7778 people per person	0.0051 people per person	United Kingdom
1970s	0.8283 people per person	0.7752 people per person	0.0531 people per person	United Arab Emirates
1980s	0.7976 people per person	0.7846 people per person	0.013 people per person	United Arab Emirates
1990s	0.7847 people per person	0.7887 people per person	0.0039 people per person	United Kingdom
2000s	0.8153 people per person	0.8063 people per person	0.009 people per person	United Arab Emirates
2010s	0.8508 people per person	0.8217 people per person	0.0291 people per person	United Arab Emirates
2020s	0.8627 people per person	0.8351 people per person	0.0276 people per person	United Arab Emirates

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, United Arab Emirates or United Kingdom?: United Arab Emirates, at 0.8471 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 United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom?: 0.0131 people per person, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?: United Arab Emirates ranks 44th 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.