East Timor vs Yemen: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre

East Timor
26.62 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Yemen
27.28 people per square kilometre
in 2023
East Timor rank
152nd
Yemen rank
150th

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

  • East Timor
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Yemen currently reports 27.28 people per square kilometre against 26.62 people per square kilometre in East Timor, a difference of 0.66 people per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was East Timor ahead.

East Timor ranks 152nd and Yemen ranks 150th of 215 countries.

East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Timor Yemen Difference Ahead
1960s 3.7 people per square kilometre 0.5413 people per square kilometre 3.16 people per square kilometre East Timor
1970s 5.67 people per square kilometre 1.33 people per square kilometre 4.34 people per square kilometre East Timor
1980s 8.76 people per square kilometre 3.46 people per square kilometre 5.3 people per square kilometre East Timor
1990s 12.77 people per square kilometre 7.33 people per square kilometre 5.45 people per square kilometre East Timor
2000s 16.62 people per square kilometre 12.27 people per square kilometre 4.35 people per square kilometre East Timor
2010s 23.64 people per square kilometre 18.97 people per square kilometre 4.67 people per square kilometre East Timor
2020s 26.23 people per square kilometre 25.85 people per square kilometre 0.3807 people per square kilometre East Timor

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, East Timor or Yemen?
Yemen, at 27.28 people per square kilometre against 26.62 people per square kilometre in East Timor as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre between East Timor and Yemen?
0.66 people per square kilometre, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Yemen?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do East Timor and Yemen rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre?
East Timor ranks 152nd and Yemen ranks 150th 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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Indicator
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre
Unit
people per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.