Canada vs Kenya: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 82.9% in Canada and 32.2% in Kenya, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 50.7 percentage points, or 2.57 times that in Kenya.

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% of people · UN

CanadaKenyaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Canada at 87.4% and Kenya at 56.3% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Canada	Kenya
2025	82.9	32.2
2024	82.7	31.9
2023	82.5	31.6
2022	82.4	31.4
2021	82.2	31.3
2020	82	31.2
2019	81.7	31.2
2018	81.6	31.4
2017	81.4	31.5
2016	81.3	31.7
2015	81.3	31.7
2014	81.2	31.8
2013	81.2	31.8
2012	81.2	31.9
2011	81.1	31.9
2010	81	31.9
2009	80.9	31.9
2008	80.7	31.4
2007	80.4	30.4
2006	80.2	29
2005	80	27.3
2004	79.7	25.4
2003	79.4	23.6
2002	79.1	21.9
2001	78.8	20.4
2000	78.6	19.5
1999	78.4	19
1998	78.3	18.9
1997	78.1	18.8
1996	77.9	18.7
1995	77.6	18.6
1994	77.3	18.5
1993	77	18.5
1992	76.7	18.4
1991	76.6	18.3
1990	76.6	18.2
1989	76.5	18.1
1988	76.5	17.9
1987	76.5	17.7
1986	76.5	17.5
1985	76.4	17.3
1984	76.2	17
1983	76	16.8
1982	75.9	16.5
1981	75.7	16.2
1980	75.7	15.8
1979	75.6	15.5
1978	75.6	15.1
1977	75.6	14.5
1976	75.5	13.9
1975	75.6	13.2
1974	75.7	12.5
1973	75.9	11.8
1972	76	11.2
1971	76.1	10.6
1970	76	10.1
1969	75.5	9.8
1968	75	9.6
1967	74.3	9.4
1966	73.6	9.3
1965	73	9.1
1964	72.1	9
1963	71.3	8.8
1962	70.5	8.6
1961	69.7	8.4
1960	69	8.2
1959	68.5	8
1958	67.9	7.8
1957	67.3	7.6
1956	66.7	7.4
1955	66	7.1
1954	65.3	6.9
1953	64.6	6.7
1952	63.8	6.4
1951	63	6.2
1950	62.2	5.9

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

Year	Canada	Kenya
2026	83.1	32.6
2027	83.2	33
2028	83.4	33.5
2029	83.6	34
2030	83.8	34.6
2031	83.9	35.3
2032	84.1	36
2033	84.3	36.7
2034	84.5	37.5
2035	84.7	38.4
2036	84.8	39.3
2037	85	40.2
2038	85.2	41.2
2039	85.4	42.2
2040	85.5	43.3
2041	85.7	44.4
2042	85.9	45.6
2043	86.1	46.8
2044	86.3	48
2045	86.5	49.3
2046	86.6	50.6
2047	86.8	52
2048	87	53.4
2049	87.2	54.8
2050	87.4	56.3

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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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