Urban and rural population 2050, per capita by country
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.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
0.8494 units per person
Sri Lanka
Lowest
0 units per person
Sint Maarten
Median
0.3501 units per person
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
14,160
What the numbers show
Urban and rural population 2050, per capita is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 0.8494 units per person in Sri Lanka; the lowest is 0 units per person in Sint Maarten.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3501 units per person, and the mean is 0.3685 units per person.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 173 fell. The largest increase was in American Samoa (up 27.1%), and the largest decrease in Netherlands (down 58.0%).
Urban and rural population 2050, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 0.8494 units per person | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 0.8422 units per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 3 | Liechtenstein | 0.8351 units per person | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 4 | Samoa | 0.8249 units per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 5 | Malawi | 0.8241 units per person | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 0.8163 units per person | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 7 | Tonga | 0.7884 units per person | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 8 | South Sudan | 0.7832 units per person | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 9 | Vanuatu | 0.7768 units per person | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 10 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.7752 units per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 0.7589 units per person | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7567 units per person | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 13 | Burundi | 0.7431 units per person | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 0.7406 units per person | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 15 | Tajikistan | 0.7384 units per person | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 16 | Guyana | 0.7351 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | Eswatini | 0.7328 units per person | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 18 | Chad | 0.7243 units per person | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 19 | Republic of Moldova | 0.7142 units per person | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 20 | Timor-Leste | 0.7121 units per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 0.7108 units per person | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 0.709 units per person | 2025 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 23 | Myanmar | 0.6942 units per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 24 | Rwanda | 0.6909 units per person | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 25 | Solomon Islands | 0.6869 units per person | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 26 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.681 units per person | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 27 | Uganda | 0.6806 units per person | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 28 | Kenya | 0.6779 units per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 29 | Mali | 0.6779 units per person | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 30 | Madagascar | 0.671 units per person | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 31 | Bangladesh | 0.6676 units per person | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 32 | Comoros | 0.6606 units per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 33 | Eritrea | 0.6546 units per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 34 | Sudan | 0.6507 units per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.6483 units per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | India | 0.6431 units per person | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 37 | Grenada | 0.6333 units per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 38 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.6312 units per person | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 39 | Yemen | 0.6297 units per person | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 40 | Togo | 0.6292 units per person | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 41 | Mozambique | 0.6279 units per person | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 42 | Mauritius | 0.6217 units per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 43 | Faroe Islands | 0.6157 units per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 44 | Guinea | 0.6148 units per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 45 | Viet Nam | 0.6117 units per person | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 46 | Pakistan | 0.6047 units per person | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 47 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.5969 units per person | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 0.595 units per person | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 49 | Seychelles | 0.5898 units per person | 2025 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 50 | Cambodia | 0.5889 units per person | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 51 | Belize | 0.5844 units per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 52 | Maldives | 0.5749 units per person | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 53 | Egypt | 0.571 units per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 54 | Bhutan | 0.5657 units per person | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 55 | Central African Republic | 0.5545 units per person | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 56 | Lesotho | 0.5533 units per person | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 57 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.5489 units per person | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 58 | Zambia | 0.5408 units per person | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 59 | Sierra Leone | 0.5407 units per person | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 60 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5335 units per person | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 61 | Turkmenistan | 0.5289 units per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.5202 units per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 63 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.5086 units per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 64 | Namibia | 0.4913 units per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 0.4898 units per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 66 | Albania | 0.4851 units per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 67 | Isle of Man | 0.4786 units per person | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 68 | Romania | 0.4755 units per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 69 | Slovakia | 0.4733 units per person | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4731 units per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 71 | Benin | 0.4664 units per person | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 72 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.4545 units per person | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 73 | Somalia | 0.4486 units per person | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 74 | Haiti | 0.4439 units per person | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 75 | Cameroon | 0.4433 units per person | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 76 | Senegal | 0.4423 units per person | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 77 | Philippines | 0.4423 units per person | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 78 | Liberia | 0.4392 units per person | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 79 | Slovenia | 0.4372 units per person | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 80 | Guatemala | 0.437 units per person | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 81 | British Virgin Islands | 0.426 units per person | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 0.4197 units per person | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 83 | Croatia | 0.4188 units per person | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 84 | Poland | 0.4178 units per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 85 | Ghana | 0.4108 units per person | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 86 | Honduras | 0.4075 units per person | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 87 | Indonesia | 0.4061 units per person | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 88 | Jamaica | 0.4057 units per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 0.4056 units per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 90 | Fiji | 0.4046 units per person | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 91 | Barbados | 0.403 units per person | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 92 | Mauritania | 0.3851 units per person | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 93 | French Polynesia | 0.3824 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 94 | Serbia | 0.3816 units per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 95 | Aruba | 0.3803 units per person | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 0.3761 units per person | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 97 | Georgia | 0.3755 units per person | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 98 | Thailand | 0.372 units per person | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 99 | Portugal | 0.371 units per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 0.3696 units per person | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 101 | Morocco | 0.3687 units per person | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 102 | Kiribati | 0.3661 units per person | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 103 | Ecuador | 0.3661 units per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 104 | Nigeria | 0.3622 units per person | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 105 | South Africa | 0.3618 units per person | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 106 | Congo | 0.3588 units per person | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 107 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.3581 units per person | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 108 | Gambia | 0.3501 units per person | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 109 | Montenegro | 0.3492 units per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 110 | Tuvalu | 0.3455 units per person | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 111 | Ireland | 0.3427 units per person | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 112 | Suriname | 0.3421 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 113 | China | 0.3388 units per person | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 114 | Panama | 0.3385 units per person | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 115 | Cyprus | 0.3331 units per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 116 | Nepal | 0.33 units per person | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 117 | Armenia | 0.3259 units per person | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 118 | Botswana | 0.3204 units per person | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 119 | New Caledonia | 0.3183 units per person | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 120 | Latvia | 0.3147 units per person | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 121 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3083 units per person | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 122 | Italy | 0.3044 units per person | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 123 | Ukraine | 0.304 units per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 124 | Lithuania | 0.3029 units per person | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 125 | Iraq | 0.3006 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 126 | Austria | 0.2997 units per person | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 127 | Hungary | 0.2967 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 128 | Paraguay | 0.2961 units per person | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 129 | Tunisia | 0.293 units per person | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 130 | Estonia | 0.288 units per person | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 131 | Angola | 0.2854 units per person | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 132 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.2844 units per person | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 133 | Mongolia | 0.2844 units per person | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2842 units per person | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 135 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.2792 units per person | 2025 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 136 | Dominican Republic | 0.2748 units per person | 2025 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 137 | Djibouti | 0.2702 units per person | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 138 | Bulgaria | 0.2696 units per person | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 139 | Czechia | 0.2643 units per person | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 140 | Dominica | 0.2601 units per person | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 141 | Finland | 0.2537 units per person | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 142 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2499 units per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 143 | Russian Federation | 0.2483 units per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 144 | El Salvador | 0.2448 units per person | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 145 | Algeria | 0.2418 units per person | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 146 | Cuba | 0.2277 units per person | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 147 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.2262 units per person | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 148 | Malaysia | 0.2261 units per person | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 149 | Cape Verde | 0.2237 units per person | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 150 | Colombia | 0.2122 units per person | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 151 | Marshall Islands | 0.2089 units per person | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 152 | Palau | 0.2072 units per person | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 153 | Oman | 0.2052 units per person | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 154 | France | 0.2052 units per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 155 | Belarus | 0.2031 units per person | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 156 | Costa Rica | 0.2027 units per person | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 157 | United States of America | 0.2013 units per person | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 158 | Mexico | 0.1996 units per person | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 159 | Greece | 0.1983 units per person | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 160 | American Samoa | 0.1949 units per person | 2025 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Spain | 0.1891 units per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 162 | Republic of Korea | 0.1882 units per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Bahamas | 0.1867 units per person | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 164 | Germany | 0.1799 units per person | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 165 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.1669 units per person | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 166 | Canada | 0.165 units per person | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 167 | Norway | 0.1647 units per person | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 168 | New Zealand | 0.1578 units per person | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 169 | Peru | 0.144 units per person | 2025 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 170 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1439 units per person | 2025 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Switzerland | 0.1408 units per person | 2025 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 172 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1383 units per person | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 173 | Palestine, State of | 0.1303 units per person | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 174 | Belgium | 0.1214 units per person | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 175 | Libya | 0.1209 units per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Australia | 0.12 units per person | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 177 | Brazil | 0.1182 units per person | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 178 | Greenland | 0.1121 units per person | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 179 | Denmark | 0.1114 units per person | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 180 | Andorra | 0.1105 units per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Sweden | 0.1098 units per person | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 182 | Chile | 0.1082 units per person | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 183 | Türkiye | 0.1073 units per person | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 184 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.1068 units per person | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 185 | Curaçao | 0.1012 units per person | 2025 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 186 | Lebanon | 0.0904 units per person | 2025 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Israel | 0.0792 units per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 188 | Gabon | 0.0791 units per person | 2025 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0782 units per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 190 | Japan | 0.0768 units per person | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 191 | Argentina | 0.0765 units per person | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 192 | Jordan | 0.0679 units per person | 2025 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Iceland | 0.0587 units per person | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 194 | Guam | 0.0578 units per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 195 | Puerto Rico | 0.0575 units per person | 2025 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 196 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.056 units per person | 2025 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Luxembourg | 0.0507 units per person | 2025 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 198 | Uruguay | 0.0435 units per person | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 199 | Netherlands | 0.0412 units per person | 2025 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 200 | Malta | 0.0406 units per person | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 201 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0374 units per person | 2025 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 202 | San Marino | 0.0277 units per person | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 203 | Qatar | 0.0067 units per person | 2025 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 204 | Bahrain | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Bermuda | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Cayman Islands | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Gibraltar | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Hong Kong, China | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Kuwait | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Macau, China | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Monaco | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Naoero | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Singapore | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Sint Maarten | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
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.
Urban and rural population 2050 ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Urban and rural population 2050 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
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.