Ethiopia vs Thailand

Ethiopia vs Thailand: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 24.1% in Ethiopia and 62.8% in Thailand, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by 38.7 percentage points, or 2.6 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of people · UN

Ethiopia vs Thailand: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 24.1% in Ethiopia and 62.8% in Thailand, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by 38.7 percentage points, or 2.6 times that in Ethiopia.
EthiopiaThailandUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Thailand has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 217 and Thailand ranked 124 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Ethiopia at 33.9% and Thailand at 79.2% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearEthiopiaThailand
202524.162.8
202423.661.9
202323.160.9
202222.759.7
202122.158.5
202021.657.2
201921.355.9
201820.854.6
201720.349.2
201619.947.9
201519.547
20141946.3
201318.645.8
201218.245.4
201117.944.8
201017.544
200917.243
200816.841.9
200716.140.7
200616.239.4
20051638.1
200415.836.8
200315.535.4
200215.334.1
200115.132.7
200014.931.5
199914.730.2
199814.528.7
199714.327.2
199614.125.6
199513.924.1
199413.722.7
199313.521.3
199213.320.2
19911319.4
199012.818.8
198912.518.5
198812.218.3
198711.918.1
198611.718
198511.417.8
198411.217.7
19831117.6
198210.817.4
198110.617.3
198010.417.1
197910.216.8
19781016.5
19779.816.1
19769.615.7
19759.415.2
19749.214.8
19739.114.3
19728.913.9
19718.713.6
19708.613.3
19698.413.1
19688.312.9
19678.112.8
1966812.6
19657.812.5
19647.712.3
19637.512.2
19627.412.1
19617.212
19607.111.8
1959711.7
19586.811.5
19576.711.4
19566.611.2
19556.511.1
19546.411
19536.310.8
19526.110.7
1951610.5
19505.910.4
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearEthiopiaThailand
202624.663.7
202725.164.6
202825.665.6
20292666.4
203026.567.3
20312768.2
203227.469
203327.969.9
203428.370.7
203528.771.5
203629.272.2
203729.672.9
20383073.6
203930.474.3
204030.875
204131.175.6
204231.576.1
204331.876.7
204432.277.2
204532.577.6
204632.878
204733.178.4
204833.478.7
204933.678.9
205033.979.2

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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