Benin vs Malawi

Benin vs Malawi: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 53.4% in Benin and 17.6% in Malawi, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Benin, by 35.8 percentage points, or 3.03 times that in Malawi.

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% of people · UN

Benin vs Malawi: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 53.4% in Benin and 17.6% in Malawi, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Benin, by 35.8 percentage points, or 3.03 times that in Malawi.
BeninMalawiUN 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 Malawi ranked 224 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Benin at 79.4% and Malawi at 35% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearBeninMalawi
202553.417.6
202452.617.3
202351.817
20225116.7
202150.216.5
202049.516.3
201948.716.1
20184816
201747.316
201646.615.9
201545.915.8
201445.315.8
201344.715.7
201244.115.6
201143.515.6
201042.915.5
200942.315.4
200841.815.3
200741.315.3
200640.815.2
200540.315.1
200439.915
200339.415
20023914.9
200138.614.8
200038.314.7
19993814.6
199837.714.4
199737.414.2
199637.114
199536.813.6
199436.513.3
199336.212.9
199235.812.5
199135.312
199034.811.6
198934.211.3
198833.610.9
198732.910.6
198632.210.4
198531.410.1
198430.69.9
198329.89.7
198228.99.5
198128.19.3
198027.39.1
197926.58.9
197825.78.7
197724.88.4
197623.98.1
197522.97.8
197421.97.4
197320.97
197219.86.5
197118.86.1
197017.75.7
196916.75.4
196815.75.1
196714.84.8
196613.84.7
1965134.6
196412.24.5
196311.54.3
196210.84.2
196110.34.1
19609.84
19599.44
195893.9
19578.63.8
19568.23.7
19557.83.7
19547.53.6
19537.33.6
195273.6
19516.83.5
19506.73.5
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearBeninMalawi
202654.218
202755.118.3
202855.918.8
202956.819.2
203057.719.7
203158.620.2
203259.620.8
203360.521.3
203461.521.9
203562.522.6
203663.523.2
203764.523.9
203865.524.6
203966.625.3
204067.726.1
204168.826.9
204269.927.7
20437128.5
204472.229.4
204573.330.3
204674.531.2
204775.732.1
204876.933
204978.234
205079.435

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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