Kenya vs Papua New Guinea: Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per capita
Kenya
0.0007 1000 No per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.0008 1000 No per person
in 2025
Kenya rank
21st
Papua New Guinea rank
18th
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per capita over time
- Kenya
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0008 1000 No per person against 0.0007 1000 No per person in Kenya, a difference of 0.0001 1000 No per person.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 21st and Papua New Guinea ranks 18th of 190 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 0 1000 No per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 0 1000 No per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 0.0001 1000 No per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 0.0001 1000 No per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 0.0001 1000 No per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 0 1000 No per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 0 1000 No per person | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population - est. & proj. — rural population, per capita, Kenya or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0008 1000 No per person against 0.0007 1000 No per person in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — rural population, per capita between Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0001 1000 No per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Papua New Guinea rank globally for population - est. & proj. — rural population, per capita?
- Kenya ranks 21st and Papua New Guinea ranks 18th of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.