Botswana vs Papua New Guinea: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre
Botswana
2.93 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
3.45 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Botswana rank
209th
Papua New Guinea rank
207th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre over time
- Botswana
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 3.45 people per square kilometre against 2.93 people per square kilometre in Botswana, a difference of 0.52 people per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Botswana ranks 209th and Papua New Guinea ranks 207th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0466 people per square kilometre | 0.2919 people per square kilometre | 0.2453 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.152 people per square kilometre | 0.7622 people per square kilometre | 0.6102 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.5203 people per square kilometre | 1.08 people per square kilometre | 0.5555 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 1.28 people per square kilometre | 1.45 people per square kilometre | 0.1789 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 1.87 people per square kilometre | 1.86 people per square kilometre | 0.01 people per square kilometre | Botswana |
| 2010s | 2.51 people per square kilometre | 2.54 people per square kilometre | 0.0236 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 2.85 people per square kilometre | 3.26 people per square kilometre | 0.4116 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
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, Botswana or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 3.45 people per square kilometre against 2.93 people per square kilometre in Botswana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre between Botswana and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.52 people per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Papua New Guinea?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Botswana and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre?
- Botswana ranks 209th and Papua New Guinea 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 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.