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Urban population in Africa

Urban population in Africa: latest available values for 54 countries, observation years, World Bank source and CSV export. The figures below come from prepared World Bank datasets. Every row shows its year; missing data is never replaced with an estimate.

Coverage : 54/54 countries · Source code : SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · Retrieved : 2026-10-20

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Values by country

Urban population · Latest available observation, with each country’s actual year
CountryUrban populationYearSource
Algeria75.8 %2025World Bank WDI
Angola71.5 %2025World Bank WDI
Benin53.4 %2025World Bank WDI
Botswana68 %2025World Bank WDI
Burkina Faso28.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Burundi25.7 %2025World Bank WDI
Cabo Verde77.6 %2025World Bank WDI
Cameroon55.7 %2025World Bank WDI
Central African Republic44.6 %2025World Bank WDI
Chad27.6 %2025World Bank WDI
Comoros33.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Congo, Rep.64.1 %2025World Bank WDI
Côte d’Ivoire54.5 %2025World Bank WDI
Djibouti73 %2025World Bank WDI
DR Congo45.1 %2025World Bank WDI
Egypt42.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Equatorial Guinea71.6 %2025World Bank WDI
Eritrea34.5 %2025World Bank WDI
Eswatini26.7 %2025World Bank WDI
Ethiopia24.1 %2025World Bank WDI
Gabon92.1 %2025World Bank WDI
Ghana58.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Guinea38.5 %2025World Bank WDI
Guinea-Bissau46.7 %2025World Bank WDI
Kenya32.2 %2025World Bank WDI
Lesotho44.7 %2025World Bank WDI
Liberia56.1 %2025World Bank WDI
Libya87.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Madagascar32.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Malawi17.6 %2025World Bank WDI
Mali32.2 %2025World Bank WDI
Mauritania61.5 %2025World Bank WDI
Mauritius39 %2025World Bank WDI
Morocco63.1 %2025World Bank WDI
Mozambique37.2 %2025World Bank WDI
Namibia50.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Niger18.4 %2025World Bank WDI
Nigeria63.8 %2025World Bank WDI
Rwanda30.9 %2025World Bank WDI
São Tomé and Príncipe69.2 %2025World Bank WDI
Senegal55.8 %2025World Bank WDI
Seychelles45.5 %2025World Bank WDI
Sierra Leone45.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Somalia55.1 %2025World Bank WDI
South Africa63.8 %2025World Bank WDI
South Sudan21.7 %2025World Bank WDI
Sudan34.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Tanzania36.9 %2025World Bank WDI
The Gambia65 %2025World Bank WDI
Togo44.4 %2025World Bank WDI
Tunisia70.7 %2025World Bank WDI
Uganda31.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Zambia45.9 %2025World Bank WDI
Zimbabwe40.5 %2025World Bank WDI

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