Angola vs Chad: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 71.5% in Angola and 27.6% in Chad, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Angola, by 43.9 percentage points, or 2.59 times that in Chad.

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% of people · UN

AngolaChadUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Angola has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Angola ranked 91 and Chad ranked 210 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Angola at 92.7% and Chad at 52.4% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Angola	Chad
2025	71.5	27.6
2024	70.7	26.9
2023	69.9	26.3
2022	69.1	25.8
2021	68.3	25.2
2020	67.5	24.7
2019	66.7	24.3
2018	65.9	23.9
2017	65.1	23.5
2016	64.3	23.1
2015	63.5	22.8
2014	62.7	22.5
2013	62.1	22.3
2012	61.5	22.1
2011	60.8	22
2010	60.1	21.9
2009	59.4	21.8
2008	58.6	21.8
2007	57.8	21.8
2006	56.9	21.8
2005	56	21.8
2004	55	21.7
2003	54	21.7
2002	52.9	21.7
2001	51.7	21.7
2000	50.5	21.7
1999	49.3	21.6
1998	48	21.6
1997	46.7	21.6
1996	45.5	21.5
1995	44.2	21.5
1994	43	21.5
1993	41.8	21.4
1992	40.5	21.4
1991	39.2	21.3
1990	37.9	21.2
1989	36.5	21.1
1988	35.1	21
1987	33.7	20.8
1986	32.3	20.6
1985	30.9	20.4
1984	29.5	20.2
1983	28.1	20
1982	26.8	19.7
1981	25.4	19.4
1980	24.1	19.1
1979	22.9	18.8
1978	21.7	18.4
1977	20.5	17.8
1976	19.4	16.8
1975	18.4	15.7
1974	17.4	14.5
1973	16.6	13.3
1972	15.8	12.5
1971	15.1	11.9
1970	14.5	11.3
1969	14	10.7
1968	13.5	10.1
1967	13.1	9.5
1966	12.7	8.9
1965	12.3	8.4
1964	12	8
1963	11.6	7.6
1962	11.2	7.3
1961	10.8	6.9
1960	10.4	6.6
1959	10	6.3
1958	9.5	6
1957	9.1	5.7
1956	8.6	5.4
1955	8.2	5.2
1954	7.8	5
1953	7.3	4.8
1952	6.9	4.7
1951	6.4	4.6
1950	6	4.5

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Angola	Chad
2026	72.3	28.2
2027	73.1	28.9
2028	73.9	29.7
2029	74.7	30.4
2030	75.5	31.2
2031	76.4	32
2032	77.2	32.9
2033	78	33.8
2034	78.9	34.7
2035	79.7	35.6
2036	80.5	36.6
2037	81.4	37.5
2038	82.2	38.6
2039	83.1	39.6
2040	83.9	40.6
2041	84.8	41.7
2042	85.7	42.8
2043	86.5	44
2044	87.4	45.1
2045	88.3	46.3
2046	89.2	47.5
2047	90.1	48.7
2048	91	49.9
2049	91.8	51.1
2050	92.7	52.4

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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