What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Malawi and Sri Lanka?

0.0286 units per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sri Lanka?

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.

Malawi vs Sri Lanka: Urban population, per capita

Malawi

0.1759 units per person

in 2025

Sri Lanka

0.2045 units per person

in 2025

Malawi rank

215th

Sri Lanka rank

213th

Urban population, per capita over time

Malawi
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.2045 units per person against 0.1759 units per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.0286 units per person.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Malawi ranks 215th and Sri Lanka ranks 213th of 218 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0458 units per person	0.1969 units per person	0.1511 units per person	Sri Lanka
1970s	0.0746 units per person	0.2219 units per person	0.1473 units per person	Sri Lanka
1980s	0.101 units per person	0.2033 units per person	0.1024 units per person	Sri Lanka
1990s	0.133 units per person	0.1621 units per person	0.029 units per person	Sri Lanka
2000s	0.1506 units per person	0.153 units per person	0.0024 units per person	Sri Lanka
2010s	0.158 units per person	0.1861 units per person	0.0281 units per person	Sri Lanka
2020s	0.1689 units per person	0.2006 units per person	0.0317 units per person	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban population, per capita, Malawi or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 0.2045 units per person against 0.1759 units per person in Malawi as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Malawi and Sri Lanka?: 0.0286 units per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sri Lanka?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Malawi and Sri Lanka rank globally for urban population, per capita?: Malawi ranks 215th and Sri Lanka ranks 213th 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.