Eritrea vs Sudan: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 34.5% in Eritrea and 34.9% in Sudan, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sudan, by 0.4 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Eritrea.

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% of people · UN

EritreaSudanUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Sudan has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Eritrea.
In 2025, Eritrea ranked 194 and Sudan ranked 192 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Eritrea at 40.7% and Sudan at 35.7% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Eritrea	Sudan
2025	34.5	34.9
2024	34.5	34.9
2023	34.7	34.8
2022	34.9	34.7
2021	35	34.6
2020	35.1	34.6
2019	35.2	34.5
2018	35.4	34.4
2017	35.4	34.3
2016	35.5	34.2
2015	35.6	34.1
2014	35.6	33.8
2013	35.7	33.4
2012	35.7	33.1
2011	35.7	32.9
2010	35.6	32.7
2009	35.6	32.6
2008	35.5	32.5
2007	35.4	32.5
2006	35.3	32.5
2005	35.1	32.5
2004	34.9	32.5
2003	34.8	32.4
2002	34.5	32.4
2001	34.3	32.4
2000	34.1	32.3
1999	33.5	32.3
1998	32.4	32.3
1997	30.9	32.2
1996	29.2	32.2
1995	27.2	32.1
1994	25.2	32.1
1993	23.3	32
1992	21.4	31.7
1991	19.8	31
1990	18.6	30
1989	17.7	28.6
1988	16.7	27.1
1987	16.2	25.5
1986	15.8	24
1985	15.4	22.6
1984	15.2	21.5
1983	14.9	20.7
1982	14.7	20.3
1981	14.6	20
1980	14.4	19.8
1979	14.2	19.6
1978	14	19.5
1977	13.9	19.3
1976	13.7	19.2
1975	13.6	19
1974	13.4	18.8
1973	13.3	18.6
1972	13.1	18.3
1971	13	17.9
1970	12.8	17.5
1969	12.6	17
1968	12.4	16.5
1967	12.2	16
1966	12	15.4
1965	11.7	14.9
1964	11.5	14.2
1963	11.2	13.6
1962	11	13
1961	10.7	12.4
1960	10.4	11.7
1959	10.1	11.1
1958	9.8	10.5
1957	9.5	9.9
1956	9.2	9.3
1955	8.8	8.8
1954	8.5	8.2
1953	8.2	7.7
1952	7.8	7.1
1951	7.5	6.6
1950	7.1	6.3

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

Year	Eritrea	Sudan
2026	34.6	35
2027	34.6	35.1
2028	34.6	35.1
2029	34.7	35.2
2030	34.7	35.2
2031	34.8	35.3
2032	34.9	35.3
2033	35	35.4
2034	35.1	35.4
2035	35.3	35.4
2036	35.4	35.5
2037	35.6	35.5
2038	35.8	35.5
2039	36.1	35.5
2040	36.3	35.6
2041	36.6	35.6
2042	36.9	35.6
2043	37.3	35.6
2044	37.7	35.6
2045	38.1	35.6
2046	38.5	35.7
2047	39	35.7
2048	39.5	35.7
2049	40.1	35.7
2050	40.7	35.7

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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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