Indonesia vs Syria: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre
Indonesia
86.35 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Syria
92.73 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Indonesia rank
75th
Syria rank
73rd
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre over time
- Indonesia
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 92.73 people per square kilometre against 86.35 people per square kilometre in Indonesia, a difference of 6.38 people per square kilometre.
That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Indonesia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Syria ahead.
Indonesia ranks 75th and Syria ranks 73rd of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Indonesia averaged higher in 2 and Syria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Indonesia | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.79 people per square kilometre | 12.41 people per square kilometre | 3.62 people per square kilometre | Syria |
| 1970s | 13.63 people per square kilometre | 18.3 people per square kilometre | 4.67 people per square kilometre | Syria |
| 1980s | 23.51 people per square kilometre | 27.3 people per square kilometre | 3.79 people per square kilometre | Syria |
| 1990s | 39.28 people per square kilometre | 39.25 people per square kilometre | 0.0286 people per square kilometre | Indonesia |
| 2000s | 56.02 people per square kilometre | 55.56 people per square kilometre | 0.4603 people per square kilometre | Indonesia |
| 2010s | 73.2 people per square kilometre | 78.94 people per square kilometre | 5.74 people per square kilometre | Syria |
| 2020s | 84.15 people per square kilometre | 87.92 people per square kilometre | 3.77 people per square kilometre | Syria |
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, Indonesia or Syria?
- Syria, at 92.73 people per square kilometre against 86.35 people per square kilometre in Indonesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre between Indonesia and Syria?
- 6.38 people per square kilometre, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Syria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Indonesia and Syria rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre?
- Indonesia ranks 75th and Syria ranks 73rd 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.