Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita by country
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
1.09 people per person
Curaçao
Lowest
0.1431 people per person
Liechtenstein
Median
0.6419 people per person
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
14,160
What the numbers show
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 1.09 people per person in Curaçao; the lowest is 0.1431 people per person in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.6419 people per person, and the mean is 0.634 people per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 167 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 75.1%), and the largest decrease in United States Virgin Islands (down 12.5%).
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curaçao | 1.09 people per person | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 2 | Macau, China | 1.05 people per person | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 3 | Qatar | 1.04 people per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 4 | Kuwait | 1.03 people per person | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 5 | Bahrain | 1.03 people per person | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 6 | Cayman Islands | 1 people per person | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Gibraltar | 1 people per person | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Monaco | 1 people per person | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Naoero | 1 people per person | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1 people per person | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 11 | Bermuda | 1 people per person | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 12 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 1 people per person | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 13 | Hong Kong, China | 0.9863 people per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 14 | Netherlands | 0.9731 people per person | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 15 | Singapore | 0.9607 people per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 16 | Puerto Rico | 0.9584 people per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 17 | San Marino | 0.9566 people per person | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 18 | Uruguay | 0.9565 people per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 19 | Iceland | 0.9563 people per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 20 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.944 people per person | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 21 | Guam | 0.9422 people per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 0.9398 people per person | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 23 | Jordan | 0.9321 people per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 24 | Argentina | 0.9235 people per person | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 25 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.9218 people per person | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 26 | Japan | 0.921 people per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 27 | Gabon | 0.9209 people per person | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 28 | Türkiye | 0.9138 people per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 29 | Lebanon | 0.9096 people per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 30 | Palestine, State of | 0.9022 people per person | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 31 | Malta | 0.9002 people per person | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 32 | Sweden | 0.8958 people per person | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 33 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.8932 people per person | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 0.8918 people per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 35 | Andorra | 0.8895 people per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 36 | Denmark | 0.8875 people per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 37 | Brazil | 0.8818 people per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 38 | Libya | 0.8791 people per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 39 | Greenland | 0.8688 people per person | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 40 | Belgium | 0.8633 people per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 41 | Israel | 0.861 people per person | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 42 | Australia | 0.8569 people per person | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 43 | Peru | 0.856 people per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 0.8471 people per person | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 45 | Switzerland | 0.8455 people per person | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 46 | Norway | 0.8375 people per person | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 47 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.834 people per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 48 | New Zealand | 0.8285 people per person | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 49 | Germany | 0.8271 people per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 50 | United States of America | 0.8148 people per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 51 | Bahamas | 0.8133 people per person | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 52 | Korea | 0.8115 people per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 53 | American Samoa | 0.8051 people per person | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 54 | Mexico | 0.8004 people per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 55 | Canada | 0.7984 people per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 0.7973 people per person | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 57 | Oman | 0.7948 people per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 58 | Palau | 0.7928 people per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 59 | Marshall Islands | 0.7911 people per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 0.791 people per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 61 | Colombia | 0.7878 people per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 62 | Belarus | 0.7872 people per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 63 | Spain | 0.7812 people per person | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 64 | Cape Verde | 0.7763 people per person | 2025 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 0.7742 people per person | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 66 | Malaysia | 0.774 people per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 67 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.7738 people per person | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 68 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.7733 people per person | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 69 | Cuba | 0.7723 people per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 70 | France | 0.7647 people per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 71 | Algeria | 0.7582 people per person | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 72 | Greece | 0.7561 people per person | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 73 | El Salvador | 0.7552 people per person | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 74 | Russian Federation | 0.755 people per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 75 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.7501 people per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 76 | Finland | 0.7422 people per person | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 77 | Dominica | 0.7399 people per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 78 | Djibouti | 0.7298 people per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 0.7252 people per person | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 80 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.7208 people per person | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.7158 people per person | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 82 | Hungary | 0.7157 people per person | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 83 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.7156 people per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 84 | Angola | 0.7146 people per person | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Czechia | 0.7102 people per person | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 0.707 people per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 87 | Paraguay | 0.7039 people per person | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 88 | Mongolia | 0.7011 people per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 89 | Italy | 0.6995 people per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 90 | Iraq | 0.6994 people per person | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 91 | Ukraine | 0.696 people per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 92 | Estonia | 0.6957 people per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 93 | Albania | 0.6944 people per person | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 94 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6917 people per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 95 | Austria | 0.69 people per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 96 | Latvia | 0.6885 people per person | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 97 | New Caledonia | 0.6817 people per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 98 | Botswana | 0.6796 people per person | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Lithuania | 0.6768 people per person | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 100 | Nepal | 0.67 people per person | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 101 | China | 0.6679 people per person | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 102 | Cyprus | 0.667 people per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 103 | Montenegro | 0.6662 people per person | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 104 | Panama | 0.6615 people per person | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 105 | Suriname | 0.6579 people per person | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 106 | Tuvalu | 0.6545 people per person | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 107 | Gambia | 0.6499 people per person | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 108 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.6419 people per person | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 109 | Congo | 0.6412 people per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 110 | Serbia | 0.6398 people per person | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 111 | South Africa | 0.6382 people per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 112 | Nigeria | 0.6378 people per person | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 113 | Ecuador | 0.6339 people per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 114 | Kiribati | 0.6339 people per person | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 115 | Morocco | 0.6313 people per person | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 116 | Armenia | 0.6306 people per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 117 | Poland | 0.629 people per person | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 118 | Thailand | 0.628 people per person | 2025 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 0.6265 people per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 120 | Ireland | 0.6251 people per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 0.6239 people per person | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 122 | French Polynesia | 0.6176 people per person | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 123 | Mauritania | 0.6149 people per person | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 124 | Aruba | 0.6139 people per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 125 | Barbados | 0.597 people per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.5963 people per person | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 127 | Fiji | 0.5954 people per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 0.595 people per person | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 0.5944 people per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 130 | Jamaica | 0.5943 people per person | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 131 | Indonesia | 0.5939 people per person | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 132 | Portugal | 0.5926 people per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 133 | Honduras | 0.5925 people per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 134 | Georgia | 0.5917 people per person | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 135 | Ghana | 0.5892 people per person | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 136 | Croatia | 0.574 people per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 137 | British Virgin Islands | 0.574 people per person | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 138 | Guatemala | 0.563 people per person | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 139 | Liberia | 0.5608 people per person | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 140 | Philippines | 0.5577 people per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 141 | Senegal | 0.5577 people per person | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 142 | Cameroon | 0.5567 people per person | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 143 | Slovenia | 0.5562 people per person | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 144 | Haiti | 0.5561 people per person | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 145 | Republic of Moldova | 0.5551 people per person | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 146 | Somalia | 0.5514 people per person | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 147 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.5455 people per person | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 148 | Slovakia | 0.5379 people per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 149 | Benin | 0.5336 people per person | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 150 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5269 people per person | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 151 | Isle of Man | 0.5214 people per person | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 152 | Romania | 0.5187 people per person | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 153 | Uzbekistan | 0.5102 people per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 154 | Namibia | 0.5087 people per person | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 155 | Togo | 0.5023 people per person | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 156 | Seychelles | 0.4921 people per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 157 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.4798 people per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 158 | Turkmenistan | 0.4711 people per person | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 159 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.4665 people per person | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 0.4593 people per person | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 161 | Zambia | 0.4592 people per person | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 162 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.4511 people per person | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 163 | Lesotho | 0.4467 people per person | 2025 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Central African Republic | 0.4455 people per person | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 165 | Bhutan | 0.4343 people per person | 2025 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Egypt | 0.429 people per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 167 | Maldives | 0.4251 people per person | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 168 | Belize | 0.4156 people per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 169 | Cambodia | 0.4111 people per person | 2025 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 170 | Zimbabwe | 0.405 people per person | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 171 | Faroe Islands | 0.4044 people per person | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 172 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.4031 people per person | 2025 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Mauritius | 0.3981 people per person | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 174 | Pakistan | 0.3953 people per person | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 175 | Viet Nam | 0.3883 people per person | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 176 | Guinea | 0.3852 people per person | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 177 | Mozambique | 0.3721 people per person | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Yemen | 0.3703 people per person | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.3688 people per person | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 180 | Grenada | 0.3667 people per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 181 | India | 0.3569 people per person | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 182 | Sudan | 0.3493 people per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 183 | Eritrea | 0.3454 people per person | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 184 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3452 people per person | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 185 | Comoros | 0.3394 people per person | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 186 | Bangladesh | 0.3324 people per person | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 187 | Madagascar | 0.329 people per person | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 188 | Mali | 0.3221 people per person | 2025 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 189 | Kenya | 0.3221 people per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 190 | Uganda | 0.3194 people per person | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.319 people per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 192 | Solomon Islands | 0.3131 people per person | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Rwanda | 0.3091 people per person | 2025 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Myanmar | 0.3058 people per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 195 | Saint Lucia | 0.291 people per person | 2025 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 196 | Burkina Faso | 0.2892 people per person | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 197 | Timor-Leste | 0.2879 people per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 198 | Chad | 0.2757 people per person | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 199 | Eswatini | 0.2672 people per person | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 200 | Guyana | 0.2649 people per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 201 | Tajikistan | 0.2616 people per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 202 | Afghanistan | 0.2594 people per person | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 203 | Burundi | 0.2569 people per person | 2025 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 204 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2433 people per person | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 205 | Ethiopia | 0.2411 people per person | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 206 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.2248 people per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 207 | Vanuatu | 0.2232 people per person | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 208 | Sri Lanka | 0.2184 people per person | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 209 | South Sudan | 0.2168 people per person | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 210 | Tonga | 0.2116 people per person | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 211 | Niger | 0.1837 people per person | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 212 | Malawi | 0.1759 people per person | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 213 | Samoa | 0.1751 people per person | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 214 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1578 people per person | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 215 | Liechtenstein | 0.1431 people per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
How this figure is calculated
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of people living in urban and rural areas ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.