Australia vs Greenland: Urban population, per capita
Australia
0.8772 units per person
in 2025
Greenland
0.8857 units per person
in 2025
Australia rank
41st
Greenland rank
38th
Urban population, per capita over time
- Australia
- Greenland
How they compare
Greenland currently reports 0.8857 units per person against 0.8772 units per person in Australia, a difference of 0.0085 units per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 41st and Greenland ranks 38th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Greenland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Greenland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8296 units per person | 0.6666 units per person | 0.1631 units per person | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.858 units per person | 0.7432 units per person | 0.1148 units per person | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.8549 units per person | 0.7821 units per person | 0.0728 units per person | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.8529 units per person | 0.8072 units per person | 0.0457 units per person | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.8559 units per person | 0.8265 units per person | 0.0294 units per person | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.8678 units per person | 0.8572 units per person | 0.0107 units per person | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.8744 units per person | 0.8793 units per person | 0.0049 units per person | Greenland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher urban population, per capita, Australia or Greenland?
- Greenland, at 0.8857 units per person against 0.8772 units per person in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Australia and Greenland?
- 0.0085 units per person, with Greenland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Greenland?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Greenland rank globally for urban population, per capita?
- Australia ranks 41st and Greenland ranks 38th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.