What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Sierra Leone and Zambia?

0.0001 units per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zambia?

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.

Sierra Leone vs Zambia: Urban population, per capita

Sierra Leone

0.4593 units per person

in 2025

Zambia

0.4592 units per person

in 2025

Sierra Leone rank

159th

Zambia rank

160th

Urban population, per capita over time

Sierra Leone
Zambia

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.4593 units per person against 0.4592 units per person in Zambia, a difference of 0.0001 units per person.

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

Sierra Leone ranks 159th and Zambia ranks 160th of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sierra Leone	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.2022 units per person	0.2271 units per person	0.0249 units per person	Zambia
1970s	0.2733 units per person	0.358 units per person	0.0846 units per person	Zambia
1980s	0.3185 units per person	0.3973 units per person	0.0788 units per person	Zambia
1990s	0.344 units per person	0.3819 units per person	0.038 units per person	Zambia
2000s	0.3678 units per person	0.373 units per person	0.0052 units per person	Zambia
2010s	0.406 units per person	0.4175 units per person	0.0115 units per person	Zambia
2020s	0.4455 units per person	0.4485 units per person	0.003 units per person	Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban population, per capita, Sierra Leone or Zambia?: Sierra Leone, at 0.4593 units per person against 0.4592 units per person in Zambia as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Sierra Leone and Zambia?: 0.0001 units per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zambia?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Sierra Leone and Zambia rank globally for urban population, per capita?: Sierra Leone ranks 159th and Zambia ranks 160th 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.