What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Iceland and Puerto Rico?

0.0012 units per person, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Puerto Rico?

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.

Iceland vs Puerto Rico: Urban population, per capita

Iceland

0.9422 units per person

in 2025

Puerto Rico

0.9434 units per person

in 2025

Iceland rank

23rd

Puerto Rico rank

21st

Urban population, per capita over time

Iceland
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 0.9434 units per person against 0.9422 units per person in Iceland, a difference of 0.0012 units per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 23rd and Puerto Rico ranks 21st of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 5 and Puerto Rico in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8273 units per person	0.4954 units per person	0.332 units per person	Iceland
1970s	0.8658 units per person	0.6133 units per person	0.2525 units per person	Iceland
1980s	0.8923 units per person	0.7419 units per person	0.1504 units per person	Iceland
1990s	0.9144 units per person	0.9016 units per person	0.0128 units per person	Iceland
2000s	0.9244 units per person	0.941 units per person	0.0166 units per person	Puerto Rico
2010s	0.9367 units per person	0.9382 units per person	0.0014 units per person	Puerto Rico
2020s	0.9418 units per person	0.9416 units per person	0.0002 units per person	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban population, per capita, Iceland or Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 0.9434 units per person against 0.9422 units per person in Iceland as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Iceland and Puerto Rico?: 0.0012 units per person, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Puerto Rico?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Iceland and Puerto Rico rank globally for urban population, per capita?: Iceland ranks 23rd and Puerto Rico ranks 21st 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.