Benin vs Ethiopia

Benin vs Ethiopia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 53.4% in Benin and 24.1% in Ethiopia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Benin, by 29.3 percentage points, or 2.21 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of people · UN

Benin vs Ethiopia: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 53.4% in Benin and 24.1% in Ethiopia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Benin, by 29.3 percentage points, or 2.21 times that in Ethiopia.
BeninEthiopiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Benin has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Benin ranked 154 and Ethiopia ranked 217 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Benin at 79.4% and Ethiopia at 33.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearBeninEthiopia
202553.424.1
202452.623.6
202351.823.1
20225122.7
202150.222.1
202049.521.6
201948.721.3
20184820.8
201747.320.3
201646.619.9
201545.919.5
201445.319
201344.718.6
201244.118.2
201143.517.9
201042.917.5
200942.317.2
200841.816.8
200741.316.1
200640.816.2
200540.316
200439.915.8
200339.415.5
20023915.3
200138.615.1
200038.314.9
19993814.7
199837.714.5
199737.414.3
199637.114.1
199536.813.9
199436.513.7
199336.213.5
199235.813.3
199135.313
199034.812.8
198934.212.5
198833.612.2
198732.911.9
198632.211.7
198531.411.4
198430.611.2
198329.811
198228.910.8
198128.110.6
198027.310.4
197926.510.2
197825.710
197724.89.8
197623.99.6
197522.99.4
197421.99.2
197320.99.1
197219.88.9
197118.88.7
197017.78.6
196916.78.4
196815.78.3
196714.88.1
196613.88
1965137.8
196412.27.7
196311.57.5
196210.87.4
196110.37.2
19609.87.1
19599.47
195896.8
19578.66.7
19568.26.6
19557.86.5
19547.56.4
19537.36.3
195276.1
19516.86
19506.75.9
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearBeninEthiopia
202654.224.6
202755.125.1
202855.925.6
202956.826
203057.726.5
203158.627
203259.627.4
203360.527.9
203461.528.3
203562.528.7
203663.529.2
203764.529.6
203865.530
203966.630.4
204067.730.8
204168.831.1
204269.931.5
20437131.8
204472.232.2
204573.332.5
204674.532.8
204775.733.1
204876.933.4
204978.233.6
205079.433.9

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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