China vs Nigeria

China vs Nigeria: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 66.3% in China and 63.8% in Nigeria, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 2.6 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Nigeria.

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% of people · UN

China vs Nigeria: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 66.3% in China and 63.8% in Nigeria, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 2.6 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Nigeria.
ChinaNigeriaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • China has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Nigeria.
  • In 2025, China ranked 108 and Nigeria ranked 119 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts China at 89.7% and Nigeria at 83.4% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearChinaNigeria
202566.363.8
202465.963
202365.562.2
202265.261.4
202164.760.6
202063.559.8
201962.759
201861.558.2
201760.257.4
201658.856.5
201557.355.7
201455.854.9
201354.554.1
201253.153.3
201151.852.5
201049.251.7
200948.350.9
20084750.1
200745.949.2
200644.348.4
20054347.6
200441.846.7
200340.545.8
200239.145
200137.744.1
200036.443.3
199934.842.4
199833.441.6
199731.940.8
199630.540
19952939.1
199428.538.3
19932837.5
199227.536.8
199126.936
199026.235.2
198926.234.4
198825.833.6
198725.332.8
198624.532.1
198523.731.3
19842330.5
198321.629.7
198220.629
198120.228.2
198019.427.4
19791926.7
197817.925.9
197717.625.2
197617.424.4
197517.323.7
197417.223
197317.222.3
197217.121.6
197117.320.9
197017.420.2
196917.519.6
196817.618.9
196717.718.3
196617.917.7
19651817.1
196418.316.5
196316.815.9
196217.315.4
196119.314.8
196019.814.2
195918.413.7
195816.313.2
195715.412.7
195614.612.2
195513.511.7
195413.711.3
19531311
195212.510.7
195111.810.4
195011.210.1
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearChinaNigeria
202666.864.6
202767.365.4
202867.966.2
202968.567
203069.167.8
203169.768.6
203270.469.3
203371.170.1
203471.970.9
203572.771.7
203673.672.5
203774.473.3
203875.474.1
203976.374.9
204077.375.6
204178.476.4
204279.577.2
204380.678
204481.878.8
20458379.5
204684.280.3
204785.581.1
204886.981.8
204988.382.6
205089.783.4

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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