Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 46.7% in Guinea-Bissau and 55.8% in Senegal, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Senegal, by 9.1 percentage points, or 1.2 times that in Guinea-Bissau.

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% of people · UN

Guinea-BissauSenegalUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Senegal has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Guinea-Bissau at 49.3% and Senegal at 63.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Guinea-Bissau	Senegal
2025	46.7	55.8
2024	46.1	55.2
2023	45.6	54.7
2022	45.2	53.4
2021	44.7	52.2
2020	44.3	51.1
2019	43.9	49.9
2018	43.4	48.9
2017	43	47.9
2016	42.6	47.1
2015	42.2	46.3
2014	41.7	45.6
2013	41.3	45
2012	40.9	44.5
2011	40.4	44.1
2010	40	43.6
2009	39.7	43.2
2008	39.3	42.9
2007	39	42.5
2006	38.7	42.2
2005	38.4	41.9
2004	38.1	41.6
2003	37.8	41.4
2002	37.5	41.1
2001	37.2	40.9
2000	36.8	40.7
1999	36.5	40.5
1998	36.2	40.3
1997	35.8	40.1
1996	35.4	40
1995	34.9	39.8
1994	34.5	39.7
1993	34	39.5
1992	33.4	39.3
1991	32.8	39.1
1990	31.9	39
1989	30.6	38.7
1988	29.2	38.5
1987	27.6	38.3
1986	25.9	38
1985	24.2	37.7
1984	22.5	37.4
1983	20.9	37
1982	19.4	36.7
1981	18.2	36.3
1980	17.3	36
1979	16.7	35.6
1978	16.4	35.2
1977	16.1	34.8
1976	15.9	34.4
1975	15.7	33.9
1974	15.5	33.5
1973	15.4	33
1972	15.2	32.5
1971	15.1	31.9
1970	15	31.3
1969	14.9	30.4
1968	14.7	29.4
1967	14.6	28.3
1966	14.5	27.2
1965	14.4	26.1
1964	14.3	25
1963	14.1	24.1
1962	13.9	23.3
1961	13.7	22.9
1960	13.5	22.6
1959	13.2	22.5
1958	12.9	22.3
1957	12.6	22.2
1956	12.3	22.1
1955	12	22.1
1954	11.6	22
1953	11.2	21.9
1952	10.8	21.8
1951	10.4	21.7
1950	10	21.7

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Guinea-Bissau	Senegal
2026	47.2	56.3
2027	47.4	56.8
2028	47.6	57.3
2029	47.7	57.8
2030	47.9	58.3
2031	48.1	58.8
2032	48.2	59.2
2033	48.3	59.6
2034	48.4	60.1
2035	48.6	60.5
2036	48.7	60.9
2037	48.8	61.2
2038	48.8	61.6
2039	48.9	61.9
2040	49	62.2
2041	49.1	62.5
2042	49.1	62.8
2043	49.2	63
2044	49.2	63.2
2045	49.3	63.4
2046	49.3	63.5
2047	49.3	63.7
2048	49.3	63.8
2049	49.3	63.8
2050	49.3	63.9

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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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