Ethiopia vs Rwanda

Ethiopia vs Rwanda: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 24.1% in Ethiopia and 30.9% in Rwanda, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 6.8 percentage points, or 1.28 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of people · UN

Ethiopia vs Rwanda: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 24.1% in Ethiopia and 30.9% in Rwanda, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 6.8 percentage points, or 1.28 times that in Ethiopia.
EthiopiaRwandaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Rwanda has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 217 and Rwanda ranked 204 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Ethiopia at 33.9% and Rwanda at 54.8% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearEthiopiaRwanda
202524.130.9
202423.629.9
202323.128.9
202222.727.8
202122.126.1
202021.624.5
201921.323
201820.821.5
201720.320.3
201619.919.1
201519.518.2
20141917.5
201318.617.1
201218.216.9
201117.916.9
201017.516.9
200917.216.9
200816.816.9
200716.116.9
200616.216.9
20051616.9
200415.816.9
200315.516.9
200215.316.9
200115.116.6
200014.915.8
199914.714.7
199814.513.3
199714.311.8
199614.110.3
199513.98.8
199413.77.5
199313.56.4
199213.35.7
1991135.4
199012.85.3
198912.55.2
198812.25.1
198711.95.1
198611.75
198511.45
198411.25
1983114.9
198210.84.9
198110.64.9
198010.44.8
197910.24.8
1978104.7
19779.84.6
19769.64.4
19759.44.2
19749.24
19739.13.8
19728.93.6
19718.73.4
19708.63.2
19698.43.1
19688.33.1
19678.13
196682.9
19657.82.9
19647.72.8
19637.52.8
19627.42.7
19617.22.7
19607.12.6
195972.5
19586.82.5
19576.72.4
19566.62.3
19556.52.2
19546.42.1
19536.32
19526.12
195161.9
19505.91.8
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearEthiopiaRwanda
202624.631.9
202725.133
202825.634
20292635
203026.536
20312737
203227.438
203327.939
203428.340
203528.740.9
203629.241.9
203729.642.9
20383043.8
203930.444.8
204030.845.7
204131.146.7
204231.547.6
204331.848.5
204432.249.5
204532.550.4
204632.851.3
204733.152.2
204833.453
204933.653.9
205033.954.8

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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