Ethiopia vs Guinea

Ethiopia vs Guinea: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 24.1% in Ethiopia and 38.5% in Guinea, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guinea, by 14.4 percentage points, or 1.6 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of people · UN

Ethiopia vs Guinea: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 24.1% in Ethiopia and 38.5% in Guinea, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guinea, by 14.4 percentage points, or 1.6 times that in Ethiopia.
EthiopiaGuineaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Guinea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 217 and Guinea ranked 184 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Ethiopia at 33.9% and Guinea at 57% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearEthiopiaGuinea
202524.138.5
202423.638.1
202323.137.7
202222.737.2
202122.136.9
202021.636.5
201921.336.1
201820.835.9
201720.335.6
201619.935.3
201519.535
20141934.8
201318.634.6
201218.234.3
201117.934.1
201017.533.8
200917.233.5
200816.833.3
200716.133
200616.232.7
20051632.4
200415.832.1
200315.531.8
200215.331.5
200115.131.2
200014.930.9
199914.730.6
199814.530.3
199714.330.1
199614.129.8
199513.929.5
199413.729.2
199313.529
199213.328.7
19911328.5
199012.828.2
198912.528
198812.227.7
198711.927.4
198611.727.1
198511.426.8
198411.226.5
19831126.1
198210.825.7
198110.625.3
198010.424.7
197910.224.1
19781023.5
19779.822.8
19769.622
19759.421.3
19749.220.5
19739.119.6
19728.918.8
19718.717.9
19708.617
19698.416.2
19688.315.3
19678.114.5
1966813.7
19657.812.9
19647.712.2
19637.511.5
19627.410.8
19617.210.2
19607.19.7
195979.3
19586.88.9
19576.78.6
19566.68.4
19556.58.3
19546.48.3
19536.38.3
19526.18.3
195168.2
19505.98.1
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearEthiopiaGuinea
202624.639
202725.139.5
202825.640
20292640.5
203026.541
20312741.6
203227.442.2
203327.942.8
203428.343.5
203528.744.1
203629.244.8
203729.645.5
20383046.2
203930.447
204030.847.8
204131.148.6
204231.549.4
204331.850.2
204432.251.1
204532.552
204632.853
204733.153.9
204833.454.9
204933.655.9
205033.957

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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