Afghanistan vs Madagascar: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre
Afghanistan
16.19 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Madagascar
17.15 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
171st
Madagascar rank
168th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre over time
- Afghanistan
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 17.15 people per square kilometre against 16.19 people per square kilometre in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.96 people per square kilometre.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 171st and Madagascar ranks 168th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.48 people per square kilometre | 1.25 people per square kilometre | 0.2308 people per square kilometre | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 2.61 people per square kilometre | 2.15 people per square kilometre | 0.4615 people per square kilometre | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 2.93 people per square kilometre | 3.57 people per square kilometre | 0.6449 people per square kilometre | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 4.41 people per square kilometre | 5.6 people per square kilometre | 1.19 people per square kilometre | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 7.26 people per square kilometre | 8.6 people per square kilometre | 1.34 people per square kilometre | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 12.26 people per square kilometre | 12.58 people per square kilometre | 0.3112 people per square kilometre | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 15.67 people per square kilometre | 16.2 people per square kilometre | 0.5345 people per square kilometre | Madagascar |
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 square kilometre, Afghanistan or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 17.15 people per square kilometre against 16.19 people per square kilometre in Afghanistan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre between Afghanistan and Madagascar?
- 0.96 people per square kilometre, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Madagascar?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Madagascar rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre?
- Afghanistan ranks 171st and Madagascar ranks 168th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.