Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Brazil
Brazil: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita was 0.8818 people per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Brazil, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.
Analysis
In 2025, number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Brazil stood at 0.8818 people per person. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Brazil peaked at 0.8818 people per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.4468 people per person, in 1960.
That places Brazil 37th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Brazil, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.4468 people per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.455 people per person | +1.8% |
| 1962 | 0.463 people per person | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 0.4709 people per person | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 0.4787 people per person | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 0.4867 people per person | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 0.4948 people per person | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 0.5033 people per person | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 0.5122 people per person | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 0.5217 people per person | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 0.5318 people per person | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 0.5433 people per person | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 0.5566 people per person | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 0.5714 people per person | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 0.5871 people per person | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 0.6033 people per person | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 0.6194 people per person | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.6351 people per person | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6498 people per person | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 0.663 people per person | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.6742 people per person | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 0.6837 people per person | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.6926 people per person | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.7008 people per person | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7086 people per person | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.716 people per person | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.723 people per person | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.7297 people per person | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.7361 people per person | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.7425 people per person | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 0.7487 people per person | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.7549 people per person | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.7609 people per person | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.7664 people per person | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7717 people per person | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.7771 people per person | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.783 people per person | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.79 people per person | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.7979 people per person | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8055 people per person | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8115 people per person | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.816 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8199 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8235 people per person | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8268 people per person | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8298 people per person | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.8327 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8354 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.838 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8407 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8434 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8462 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.849 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8517 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8543 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8569 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8595 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.862 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.8644 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8668 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8691 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8714 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.8735 people per person | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.8762 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.879 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 0.8818 people per person | +0.3% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 0.8818 people per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6562 people per person, 1.3× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 0.8818 people per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7204 people per person, 1.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4833 people per person | 0.4468 people per person | 0.5217 people per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5961 people per person | 0.5318 people per person | 0.663 people per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7107 people per person | 0.6742 people per person | 0.7425 people per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7756 people per person | 0.7487 people per person | 0.8055 people per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8274 people per person | 0.8115 people per person | 0.8407 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8554 people per person | 0.8434 people per person | 0.8668 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8751 people per person | 0.8691 people per person | 0.8818 people per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More population data for Brazil
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.7328 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -0.2798 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.7328 % change on previous year (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.5984 % change on previous year (2100)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 230,886 Persons (2050)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.4122 Percent per annum (2030)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.8366 % change on previous year (2100)
- World population growth -0.7% (2100)
- Population density 19.55 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 6.45 million people (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Brazil?
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Brazil was 0.8818 people per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8818 people per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4468 people per person in 1960.
- How does Brazil rank for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Brazil ranks 37th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 66 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
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.