Central African Republic vs Congo - Kinshasa

Central African Republic vs Congo - Kinshasa: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 44.6% in Central African Republic and 45.1% in Congo - Kinshasa, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 0.6 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Central African Republic.

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% of people · UN

Central African RepublicCongo - KinshasaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Central African Republic.
In 2025, Central African Republic ranked 170 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 168 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Central African Republic at 56.4% and Congo - Kinshasa at 53.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa
2025	44.6	45.1
2024	44.1	44.8
2023	43.7	44.4
2022	43.3	44
2021	42.9	43.6
2020	42.3	43.3
2019	41.8	42.9
2018	41.3	42.5
2017	40.8	42.1
2016	40.4	41.7
2015	40	41.3
2014	39.6	41
2013	39.3	40.6
2012	39	40.2
2011	38.8	39.8
2010	38.6	39.4
2009	38.5	39
2008	38.4	38.6
2007	38.2	38.2
2006	38.1	37.8
2005	38	37.4
2004	38	37
2003	37.9	36.5
2002	37.8	35.9
2001	37.8	35.4
2000	37.7	34.9
1999	37.7	34.4
1998	37.6	33.9
1997	37.6	33.4
1996	37.5	32.9
1995	37.5	32.5
1994	37.4	32
1993	37.4	31.6
1992	37.3	31.1
1991	37.3	30.7
1990	37.2	30.3
1989	37.1	29.9
1988	37	29.5
1987	37	29.1
1986	36.8	28.8
1985	36.7	28.4
1984	36.6	28.1
1983	36.5	27.8
1982	36.3	27.5
1981	36.1	27.2
1980	35.9	26.9
1979	35.7	26.5
1978	35.5	26.2
1977	35.2	25.9
1976	34.8	25.6
1975	34.4	25.4
1974	33.5	25.1
1973	32.2	24.8
1972	30.7	24.5
1971	29.1	24.3
1970	27.6	24
1969	26.5	23.8
1968	25.6	23.6
1967	24.7	23.4
1966	24	23.2
1965	23.2	23
1964	22.5	22.8
1963	21.9	22.7
1962	21.2	22.5
1961	20.7	22.4
1960	20.1	22.3
1959	19.6	22.2
1958	19.1	22.2
1957	18.6	22.1
1956	18.2	22.1
1955	17.7	22
1954	17.3	21.7
1953	16.9	21.3
1952	16.6	20.6
1951	16.3	19.8
1950	16	18.8

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

Year	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa
2026	45	45.5
2027	45.4	45.8
2028	45.9	46.2
2029	46.3	46.6
2030	46.7	46.9
2031	47.2	47.3
2032	47.6	47.6
2033	48.1	48
2034	48.6	48.3
2035	49	48.7
2036	49.5	49
2037	50	49.4
2038	50.4	49.7
2039	50.9	50
2040	51.4	50.4
2041	51.9	50.7
2042	52.3	51
2043	52.8	51.3
2044	53.3	51.6
2045	53.8	52
2046	54.3	52.3
2047	54.8	52.6
2048	55.4	52.9
2049	55.9	53.2
2050	56.4	53.5

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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