What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Kiribati and Nigeria?

0.0039 units per person, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Nigeria?

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.

Kiribati vs Nigeria: Urban population, per capita

Kiribati

0.6339 units per person

in 2025

Nigeria

0.6378 units per person

in 2025

Kiribati rank

114th

Nigeria rank

112th

Urban population, per capita over time

Kiribati
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.6378 units per person against 0.6339 units per person in Kiribati, a difference of 0.0039 units per person.

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

Kiribati ranks 114th and Nigeria ranks 112th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kiribati	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.1993 units per person	0.1683 units per person	0.031 units per person	Kiribati
1970s	0.2766 units per person	0.2338 units per person	0.0429 units per person	Kiribati
1980s	0.3349 units per person	0.309 units per person	0.0259 units per person	Kiribati
1990s	0.3723 units per person	0.3877 units per person	0.0154 units per person	Nigeria
2000s	0.4425 units per person	0.4711 units per person	0.0285 units per person	Nigeria
2010s	0.514 units per person	0.5532 units per person	0.0392 units per person	Nigeria
2020s	0.61 units per person	0.6177 units per person	0.0077 units per person	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban population, per capita, Kiribati or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 0.6378 units per person against 0.6339 units per person in Kiribati as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Kiribati and Nigeria?: 0.0039 units per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Nigeria?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Kiribati and Nigeria rank globally for urban population, per capita?: Kiribati ranks 114th and Nigeria ranks 112th 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.