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Projected urban share in Africa

Projected urban share in Africa: 2030 and 2050 projections 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

Values for 2030 and 2050 are projections, not observations. World Bank source 40 publishes UN WPP 2024 projections.

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Values by country

Projected urban share · 2030 and 2050 projections
Country	2030 · projection	2050 · projection	Year	Source
Algeria	78.4 %	86.1 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Angola	75.5 %	92.7 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Benin	57.7 %	79.4 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Botswana	69.9 %	73 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Burkina Faso	32.4 %	54.9 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Burundi	29.8 %	44.2 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Cabo Verde	81.8 %	94.1 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Cameroon	56.9 %	59.2 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Central African Republic	46.7 %	56.4 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Chad	31.2 %	52.4 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Comoros	36.2 %	48.1 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Congo, Rep.	65.8 %	78.7 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Côte d’Ivoire	57.6 %	72.6 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Djibouti	73.3 %	74 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
DR Congo	46.9 %	53.5 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Egypt	43.6 %	49.6 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Equatorial Guinea	72.5 %	74.2 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Eritrea	34.7 %	40.7 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Eswatini	28.9 %	34 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Ethiopia	26.5 %	33.8 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Gabon	93.1 %	95.1 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Ghana	61.7 %	73.4 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Guinea	41 %	57 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Guinea-Bissau	47.9 %	49.3 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Kenya	34.6 %	56.3 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Lesotho	49.5 %	65.5 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Liberia	58.8 %	70.6 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Libya	88.1 %	91.9 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Madagascar	35.4 %	48.4 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Malawi	19.7 %	35 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Mali	35.3 %	47.7 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Mauritania	65.7 %	76.8 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Mauritius	39.3 %	43.1 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Morocco	65 %	76.5 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Mozambique	41.2 %	52.8 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Namibia	53.1 %	59.6 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Niger	20.4 %	33.8 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Nigeria	67.8 %	83.4 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Rwanda	36 %	54.8 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
São Tomé and Príncipe	71.2 %	88.6 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Senegal	58.3 %	63.9 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Seychelles	46.5 %	50.4 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Sierra Leone	48.9 %	63.7 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Somalia	57.4 %	61.3 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
South Africa	64.6 %	70.9 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
South Sudan	23.3 %	30.9 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Sudan	35.2 %	35.7 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Tanzania	40.8 %	62.4 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
The Gambia	68.7 %	78.1 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Togo	47.6 %	64.9 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Tunisia	72.6 %	84 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Uganda	35.1 %	43.2 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Zambia	48.2 %	59.1 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)
Zimbabwe	43.5 %	55.7 %	2050	UN WPP 2024 / World Bank (40)

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