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People > Urban and rural Stats: compare key data on Nepal & Sri Lanka

Definitions

  • Female rural population: Total number of females living in rural areas by country.
  • Female urban population: Total number of females living in urban areas by country.
  • Females living in cities proper: Total number of females living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
  • Females living in cities proper per thousand people: Total number of females living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Male rural population: Total number of males living in rural areas by country.
  • Male rural population per thousand people: Total number of males living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Male urban population: Total number of males living in urban areas by country.
  • Male urban population per thousand people: Total number of males living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Males living in cities proper: Total number of males living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
  • Males living in cities proper per thousand people: Total number of males living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Population living in cities proper: Each city population by sex, city and city type.
  • Rural population: Total population living in rural areas by country.
  • Rural population per thousand people: Total population living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Urban population: Total population living in urban areas by country.
  • Urban population per thousand people: Total population living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Female urban population per thousand people: Total number of females living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Female rural population per thousand people: Total number of females living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
STAT Nepal Sri Lanka HISTORY
Female rural population 11.43 million
Ranked 8th. 57% more than Sri Lanka
7.29 million
Ranked 16th.

Female urban population 2.22 million
Ranked 34th. 83% more than Sri Lanka
1.22 million
Ranked 58th.

Females living in cities proper 131,673
Ranked 22nd. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
56,373
Ranked 25th.
Females living in cities proper per thousand people 4.85
Ranked 37th. 62% more than Sri Lanka
3
Ranked 29th.
Male rural population 10.54 million
Ranked 9th. 47% more than Sri Lanka
7.17 million
Ranked 16th.

Male rural population per thousand people 388.23
Ranked 3rd. 2% more than Sri Lanka
381.63
Ranked 8th.

Male urban population 2.31 million
Ranked 33th. 84% more than Sri Lanka
1.25 million
Ranked 56th.

Male urban population per thousand people 84.92
Ranked 61st. 27% more than Sri Lanka
66.62
Ranked 87th.

Males living in cities proper 133,318
Ranked 21st. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
59,993
Ranked 25th.
Males living in cities proper per thousand people 4.91
Ranked 36th. 54% more than Sri Lanka
3.19
Ranked 28th.
Population living in cities proper 2.44 million
Ranked 28th. 76% more than Sri Lanka
1.38 million
Ranked 18th.
Rural population 21.97 million
Ranked 10th. 52% more than Sri Lanka
14.46 million
Ranked 20th.

Rural population per thousand people 809.04
Ranked 2nd. 5% more than Sri Lanka
769.4
Ranked 9th.

Urban population 4.52 million
Ranked 40th. 83% more than Sri Lanka
2.47 million
Ranked 64th.

Urban population per thousand people 166.58
Ranked 70th. 27% more than Sri Lanka
131.26
Ranked 98th.

Female urban population per thousand people 81.67
Ranked 61st. 26% more than Sri Lanka
64.64
Ranked 87th.

Female rural population per thousand people 420.81
Ranked 1st. 9% more than Sri Lanka
387.77
Ranked 8th.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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