Chad vs Mali: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 27.6% in Chad and 32.2% in Mali, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mali, by 4.6 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Chad.

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% of people · UN

ChadMaliUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Mali has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Chad.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Chad at 52.4% and Mali at 47.7% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Chad	Mali
2025	27.6	32.2
2024	26.9	31.6
2023	26.3	31
2022	25.8	30.4
2021	25.2	29.7
2020	24.7	29
2019	24.3	28.4
2018	23.9	27.7
2017	23.5	27.1
2016	23.1	26.5
2015	22.8	25.9
2014	22.5	25.3
2013	22.3	24.7
2012	22.1	24.2
2011	22	23.6
2010	21.9	23.1
2009	21.8	22.7
2008	21.8	22.2
2007	21.8	21.7
2006	21.8	21.3
2005	21.8	20.9
2004	21.7	20.5
2003	21.7	20.1
2002	21.7	19.7
2001	21.7	19.3
2000	21.7	19
1999	21.6	18.7
1998	21.6	18.4
1997	21.6	18.1
1996	21.5	17.9
1995	21.5	17.6
1994	21.5	17.4
1993	21.4	17.2
1992	21.4	17
1991	21.3	16.8
1990	21.2	16.6
1989	21.1	16.4
1988	21	16.2
1987	20.8	16
1986	20.6	15.7
1985	20.4	15.5
1984	20.2	15.2
1983	20	14.9
1982	19.7	14.6
1981	19.4	14.4
1980	19.1	14.1
1979	18.8	13.8
1978	18.4	13.5
1977	17.8	13.2
1976	16.8	12.8
1975	15.7	12.5
1974	14.5	12.2
1973	13.3	11.9
1972	12.5	11.5
1971	11.9	11.1
1970	11.3	10.8
1969	10.7	10.4
1968	10.1	10
1967	9.5	9.6
1966	8.9	9.2
1965	8.4	8.9
1964	8	8.5
1963	7.6	8.1
1962	7.3	7.7
1961	6.9	7.4
1960	6.6	7
1959	6.3	6.7
1958	6	6.4
1957	5.7	6.1
1956	5.4	5.8
1955	5.2	5.5
1954	5	5.2
1953	4.8	5
1952	4.7	4.8
1951	4.6	4.6
1950	4.5	4.5

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

Year	Chad	Mali
2026	28.2	32.8
2027	28.9	33.4
2028	29.7	34
2029	30.4	34.6
2030	31.2	35.3
2031	32	35.9
2032	32.9	36.5
2033	33.8	37.1
2034	34.7	37.7
2035	35.6	38.3
2036	36.6	38.9
2037	37.5	39.5
2038	38.6	40.2
2039	39.6	40.8
2040	40.6	41.4
2041	41.7	42
2042	42.8	42.6
2043	44	43.3
2044	45.1	43.9
2045	46.3	44.5
2046	47.5	45.1
2047	48.7	45.8
2048	49.9	46.4
2049	51.1	47
2050	52.4	47.7

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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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