Angola vs Zambia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 71.5% in Angola and 45.9% in Zambia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Angola, by 25.5 percentage points, or 1.56 times that in Zambia.

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% of people · UN

AngolaZambiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Angola has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Zambia.
In 2025, Angola ranked 91 and Zambia ranked 166 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Angola at 92.7% and Zambia at 59.1% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Angola	Zambia
2025	71.5	45.9
2024	70.7	45.5
2023	69.9	45
2022	69.1	44.6
2021	68.3	44.2
2020	67.5	43.9
2019	66.7	43.5
2018	65.9	43.1
2017	65.1	42.7
2016	64.3	42.3
2015	63.5	42
2014	62.7	41.6
2013	62.1	41.2
2012	61.5	40.8
2011	60.8	40.4
2010	60.1	40
2009	59.4	39.5
2008	58.6	39
2007	57.8	38.4
2006	56.9	37.8
2005	56	37.3
2004	55	36.8
2003	54	36.4
2002	52.9	36.1
2001	51.7	35.9
2000	50.5	35.9
1999	49.3	36.2
1998	48	36.7
1997	46.7	37.4
1996	45.5	38
1995	44.2	38.4
1994	43	38.7
1993	41.8	38.9
1992	40.5	39.1
1991	39.2	39.3
1990	37.9	39.4
1989	36.5	39.5
1988	35.1	39.5
1987	33.7	39.6
1986	32.3	39.7
1985	30.9	39.7
1984	29.5	39.8
1983	28.1	39.8
1982	26.8	39.9
1981	25.4	39.9
1980	24.1	39.9
1979	22.9	39.7
1978	21.7	39.3
1977	20.5	38.6
1976	19.4	37.8
1975	18.4	36.8
1974	17.4	35.7
1973	16.6	34.4
1972	15.8	33.2
1971	15.1	31.9
1970	14.5	30.7
1969	14	29.4
1968	13.5	28
1967	13.1	26.4
1966	12.7	24.6
1965	12.3	22.9
1964	12	21.3
1963	11.6	20.1
1962	11.2	19.1
1961	10.8	18.2
1960	10.4	17.2
1959	10	16.3
1958	9.5	15.5
1957	9.1	14.7
1956	8.6	14
1955	8.2	13.3
1954	7.8	12.7
1953	7.3	12.3
1952	6.9	11.9
1951	6.4	11.6
1950	6	11.5

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

Year	Angola	Zambia
2026	72.3	46.4
2027	73.1	46.8
2028	73.9	47.3
2029	74.7	47.8
2030	75.5	48.2
2031	76.4	48.7
2032	77.2	49.2
2033	78	49.7
2034	78.9	50.2
2035	79.7	50.7
2036	80.5	51.2
2037	81.4	51.7
2038	82.2	52.3
2039	83.1	52.8
2040	83.9	53.3
2041	84.8	53.9
2042	85.7	54.4
2043	86.5	55
2044	87.4	55.5
2045	88.3	56.1
2046	89.2	56.7
2047	90.1	57.3
2048	91	57.9
2049	91.8	58.5
2050	92.7	59.1

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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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