Papua New Guinea vs Sri Lanka: Urban and rural population 2050, per capita

Papua New Guinea
0.8422 units per person
in 2025
Sri Lanka
0.8494 units per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
2nd
Sri Lanka rank
1st

Urban and rural population 2050, per capita over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.8494 units per person against 0.8422 units per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0072 units per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd and Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 215 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 0.9443 units per person 0.8031 units per person 0.1412 units per person Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.8766 units per person 0.7781 units per person 0.0985 units per person Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.8593 units per person 0.7967 units per person 0.0626 units per person Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.8556 units per person 0.8379 units per person 0.0176 units per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.869 units per person 0.847 units per person 0.022 units per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.867 units per person 0.8324 units per person 0.0346 units per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.8507 units per person 0.8323 units per person 0.0183 units per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban and rural population 2050, per capita, Papua New Guinea or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 0.8494 units per person against 0.8422 units per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban and rural population 2050, per capita between Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka?
0.0072 units per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka rank globally for urban and rural population 2050, per capita?
Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd and Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Urban and rural population 2050, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Urban and rural population 2050, per capita
Unit
units 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

Urban and rural population 2050 divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.