Equatorial Guinea vs Gabon: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 71.6% in Equatorial Guinea and 92.1% in Gabon, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Gabon, by 20.5 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Equatorial Guinea.

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% of people · UN

Equatorial GuineaGabonUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Gabon has been higher since 1968, when it overtook Equatorial Guinea.
In 2025, Equatorial Guinea ranked 89 and Gabon ranked 30 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Equatorial Guinea at 74.2% and Gabon at 95.1% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Equatorial Guinea	Gabon
2025	71.6	92.1
2024	71.4	91.9
2023	71.1	91.6
2022	70.9	91.2
2021	70.6	90.8
2020	70.4	90.4
2019	70.1	89.9
2018	69.8	89.5
2017	69.6	89
2016	69.3	88.5
2015	69	88.1
2014	65.6	87.6
2013	62.2	87.2
2012	59	86.9
2011	56	86.6
2010	53.1	86.2
2009	50.5	85.7
2008	48	85.2
2007	45.9	84.7
2006	43.9	84.1
2005	42.3	83.4
2004	40.9	82.7
2003	39.9	82
2002	39.2	81.2
2001	38.9	80.4
2000	38.8	79.6
1999	38.8	78.7
1998	38.8	77.8
1997	38.8	76.9
1996	38.8	75.9
1995	38.8	75
1994	38.8	74
1993	38.5	73.1
1992	37.7	72
1991	36.5	70.7
1990	35	69.3
1989	33.4	67.8
1988	31.7	66.4
1987	30.1	65
1986	28.6	63.7
1985	27.4	62.5
1984	26.6	61.2
1983	26.3	59.9
1982	26.3	58.6
1981	26.3	57
1980	26.3	55.2
1979	26.3	53.3
1978	26.2	51.1
1977	26.2	48.8
1976	26.2	46.4
1975	26.2	43.9
1974	26.2	41.4
1973	26.2	38.9
1972	26.2	36.5
1971	26.2	34.2
1970	26.2	32
1969	26.2	29.8
1968	26.2	27.4
1967	26.2	24.9
1966	26.2	22.4
1965	26.2	20
1964	26.2	17.8
1963	26.2	15.8
1962	26.1	14.2
1961	26.1	13.1
1960	26	12.6
1959	25.7	12.4
1958	25.1	12.2
1957	24.2	12
1956	23.2	11.9
1955	22	11.7
1954	20.8	11.6
1953	19.5	11.5
1952	18.2	11.5
1951	17	11.4
1950	15.8	11.4

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

Year	Equatorial Guinea	Gabon
2026	71.8	92.3
2027	72	92.5
2028	72.2	92.7
2029	72.4	92.9
2030	72.5	93.1
2031	72.7	93.3
2032	72.8	93.5
2033	73	93.6
2034	73.1	93.8
2035	73.3	93.9
2036	73.4	94.1
2037	73.5	94.2
2038	73.6	94.3
2039	73.7	94.4
2040	73.8	94.6
2041	73.8	94.7
2042	73.9	94.7
2043	74	94.8
2044	74	94.9
2045	74.1	94.9
2046	74.1	95
2047	74.1	95
2048	74.2	95.1
2049	74.2	95.1
2050	74.2	95.1

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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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