Ethiopia vs India

Ethiopia vs India: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 24.1% in Ethiopia and 35.7% in India, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 11.6 percentage points, or 1.48 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of people · UN

Ethiopia vs India: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 24.1% in Ethiopia and 35.7% in India, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 11.6 percentage points, or 1.48 times that in Ethiopia.
EthiopiaIndiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 217 and India ranked 191 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Ethiopia at 33.9% and India at 43.1% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearEthiopiaIndia
202524.135.7
202423.635.4
202323.135.1
202222.734.8
202122.134.4
202021.634.1
201921.333.8
201820.833.5
201720.333.2
201619.932.9
201519.532.6
20141932.2
201318.631.9
201218.231.6
201117.931.3
201017.530.9
200917.230.5
200816.830.1
200716.129.8
200616.229.4
20051629.1
200415.828.8
200315.528.5
200215.328.2
200115.127.9
200014.927.7
199914.727.4
199814.527.2
199714.327
199614.126.8
199513.926.6
199413.726.4
199313.526.2
199213.326
19911325.8
199012.825.6
198912.525.4
198812.225.2
198711.925
198611.724.8
198511.424.7
198411.224.5
19831124.3
198210.824
198110.623.8
198010.423.5
197910.223.2
19781022.8
19779.822.4
19769.621.9
19759.421.5
19749.221
19739.120.6
19728.920.3
19718.720
19708.619.7
19698.419.5
19688.319.2
19678.119
1966818.8
19657.818.6
19647.718.4
19637.518.3
19627.418.1
19617.218
19607.117.9
1959717.9
19586.817.8
19576.717.7
19566.617.7
19556.517.6
19546.417.6
19536.317.5
19526.117.4
1951617.3
19505.917.2
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearEthiopiaIndia
202624.636
202725.136.3
202825.636.6
20292636.9
203026.537.2
20312737.5
203227.437.8
203327.938.1
203428.338.4
203528.738.7
203629.239
203729.639.3
20383039.6
203930.439.9
204030.840.2
204131.140.5
204231.540.8
204331.841.1
204432.241.4
204532.541.7
204632.841.9
204733.142.2
204833.442.5
204933.642.8
205033.943.1

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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