What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Korea and United States of America?

0.0098 units per person, with Korea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and United States of America?

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.

Korea vs United States of America: Urban population, per capita

Korea

0.8117 units per person

in 2025

United States of America

0.8019 units per person

in 2025

Korea rank

54th

United States of America rank

57th

Urban population, per capita over time

Korea
United States of America

How they compare

Korea currently reports 0.8117 units per person against 0.8019 units per person in United States of America, a difference of 0.0098 units per person.

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

Korea ranks 54th and United States of America ranks 57th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 4 and United States of America in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.3213 units per person	0.7192 units per person	0.3979 units per person	United States of America
1970s	0.4753 units per person	0.7361 units per person	0.2607 units per person	United States of America
1980s	0.6426 units per person	0.743 units per person	0.1003 units per person	United States of America
1990s	0.775 units per person	0.77 units per person	0.005 units per person	Korea
2000s	0.81 units per person	0.8001 units per person	0.0099 units per person	Korea
2010s	0.8167 units per person	0.8052 units per person	0.0115 units per person	Korea
2020s	0.8117 units per person	0.8007 units per person	0.011 units per person	Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban population, per capita, Korea or United States of America?: Korea, at 0.8117 units per person against 0.8019 units per person in United States of America as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Korea and United States of America?: 0.0098 units per person, with Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and United States of America?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Korea and United States of America rank globally for urban population, per capita?: Korea ranks 54th and United States of America ranks 57th 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.