Djibouti vs Somalia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 73% in Djibouti and 55.1% in Somalia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Djibouti, by 17.8 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Somalia.

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% of people · UN

DjiboutiSomaliaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Djibouti has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Djibouti ranked 85 and Somalia ranked 151 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Djibouti at 74% and Somalia at 61.3% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Djibouti	Somalia
2025	73	55.1
2024	72.9	54.6
2023	72.8	54.1
2022	72.6	53.5
2021	72.3	52.9
2020	72	52.3
2019	71.7	51.6
2018	71.5	51
2017	71.3	48.4
2016	71.2	45.9
2015	71	43.9
2014	70.9	42.4
2013	70.8	41.3
2012	70.7	40.3
2011	70.7	39.4
2010	70.7	38.6
2009	70.6	37.8
2008	70.7	37.2
2007	70.8	36.6
2006	71	36
2005	71.3	35.5
2004	71.7	35
2003	72	34.5
2002	72.5	34
2001	72.9	33.5
2000	73.4	33.1
1999	73.8	32.6
1998	74.3	32.2
1997	74.7	31.8
1996	75.1	31.4
1995	75.4	31.1
1994	75.7	30.7
1993	75.9	30.4
1992	76.1	30
1991	76.1	29.7
1990	76.1	29.4
1989	76	29.1
1988	75.8	28.8
1987	75.6	28.5
1986	75.4	28.2
1985	75.1	28
1984	74.9	27.7
1983	74.6	27.5
1982	74.2	27.3
1981	73.8	27.1
1980	73.2	26.9
1979	72.6	26.6
1978	71.8	26.4
1977	71	26.1
1976	70	25.8
1975	69	25.5
1974	67.9	25.2
1973	66.8	24.8
1972	65.6	24.3
1971	64.4	23.8
1970	63.1	23.2
1969	61.8	22.7
1968	60.6	22.1
1967	59.3	21.5
1966	58	20.9
1965	56.7	20.3
1964	55.4	19.7
1963	54.2	19.2
1962	53	18.7
1961	51.9	18.2
1960	50.8	17.7
1959	49.7	17.2
1958	48.7	16.7
1957	47.6	16.2
1956	46.6	15.7
1955	45.6	15.2
1954	44.7	14.7
1953	43.7	14.2
1952	42.8	13.7
1951	41.9	13.3
1950	41	12.9

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

Year	Djibouti	Somalia
2026	73.1	55.6
2027	73.1	56.1
2028	73.2	56.6
2029	73.2	57
2030	73.3	57.4
2031	73.4	57.8
2032	73.4	58.2
2033	73.5	58.5
2034	73.5	58.8
2035	73.6	59.1
2036	73.6	59.4
2037	73.7	59.6
2038	73.7	59.9
2039	73.8	60.1
2040	73.8	60.3
2041	73.9	60.5
2042	73.9	60.6
2043	73.9	60.8
2044	73.9	60.9
2045	74	61
2046	74	61.1
2047	74	61.2
2048	74	61.2
2049	74	61.2
2050	74	61.3

Each country on its own

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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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