Ethiopia vs Uganda

Ethiopia vs Uganda: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 24.1% in Ethiopia and 31.9% in Uganda, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 7.8 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of people · UN

Ethiopia vs Uganda: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 24.1% in Ethiopia and 31.9% in Uganda, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uganda, by 7.8 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Ethiopia.
EthiopiaUgandaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Uganda has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 217 and Uganda ranked 201 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Ethiopia at 33.9% and Uganda at 43.2% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearEthiopiaUganda
202524.131.9
202423.631.3
202323.130.6
202222.729.9
202122.129.2
202021.628.5
201921.327.8
201820.827.1
201720.326.4
201619.925.7
201519.525
20141924.2
201318.622.7
201218.221.4
201117.920.1
201017.518.8
200917.217.6
200816.816.5
200716.115.5
200616.214.6
20051613.8
200415.813.1
200315.512.6
200215.312.2
200115.111.9
200014.911.6
199914.711.4
199814.511.2
199714.311.1
199614.110.9
199513.910.7
199413.710.6
199313.510.4
199213.310.2
19911310
199012.89.8
198912.59.5
198812.29.1
198711.98.8
198611.78.4
198511.48.1
198411.27.7
1983117.4
198210.87.1
198110.66.9
198010.46.8
197910.26.7
1978106.6
19779.86.5
19769.66.5
19759.46.4
19749.26.4
19739.16.3
19728.96.3
19718.76.2
19708.66.2
19698.46.1
19688.36
19678.15.8
196685.6
19657.85.4
19647.75.2
19637.55
19627.44.8
19617.24.5
19607.14.4
195974.2
19586.84.1
19576.74
19566.63.8
19556.53.7
19546.43.6
19536.33.5
19526.13.4
195163.3
19505.93.2
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearEthiopiaUganda
202624.632.6
202725.133.2
202825.633.9
20292634.5
203026.535.1
20312735.7
203227.436.2
203327.936.8
203428.337.3
203528.737.9
203629.238.4
203729.638.9
20383039.3
203930.439.8
204030.840.2
204131.140.6
204231.541
204331.841.4
204432.241.7
204532.542
204632.842.3
204733.142.6
204833.442.8
204933.643
205033.943.2

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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