What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Canada and New Zealand?

0.0112 units per person, with New Zealand ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and New Zealand?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

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.

Canada vs New Zealand: Urban population, per capita

Canada

0.8288 units per person

in 2025

New Zealand

0.84 units per person

in 2025

Canada rank

51st

New Zealand rank

48th

Urban population, per capita over time

Canada
New Zealand

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.84 units per person against 0.8288 units per person in Canada, a difference of 0.0112 units per person.

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

Canada ranks 51st and New Zealand ranks 48th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 1 and New Zealand in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.724 units per person	0.6833 units per person	0.0406 units per person	Canada
1970s	0.7575 units per person	0.8238 units per person	0.0663 units per person	New Zealand
1980s	0.7619 units per person	0.8383 units per person	0.0764 units per person	New Zealand
1990s	0.7745 units per person	0.853 units per person	0.0784 units per person	New Zealand
2000s	0.7978 units per person	0.8586 units per person	0.0608 units per person	New Zealand
2010s	0.8129 units per person	0.8503 units per person	0.0374 units per person	New Zealand
2020s	0.8243 units per person	0.8389 units per person	0.0146 units per person	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban population, per capita, Canada or New Zealand?: New Zealand, at 0.84 units per person against 0.8288 units per person in Canada as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Canada and New Zealand?: 0.0112 units per person, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and New Zealand?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Canada and New Zealand rank globally for urban population, per capita?: Canada ranks 51st and New Zealand ranks 48th 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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Indicator: Urban population, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 14 September 2026

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.