Guinea vs Malawi

Guinea vs Malawi: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 38.5% in Guinea and 17.6% in Malawi, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guinea, by 20.9 percentage points, or 2.19 times that in Malawi.

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% of people · UN

Guinea vs Malawi: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 38.5% in Guinea and 17.6% in Malawi, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guinea, by 20.9 percentage points, or 2.19 times that in Malawi.
GuineaMalawiUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Guinea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Guinea ranked 184 and Malawi ranked 224 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Guinea at 57% and Malawi at 35% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearGuineaMalawi
202538.517.6
202438.117.3
202337.717
202237.216.7
202136.916.5
202036.516.3
201936.116.1
201835.916
201735.616
201635.315.9
20153515.8
201434.815.8
201334.615.7
201234.315.6
201134.115.6
201033.815.5
200933.515.4
200833.315.3
20073315.3
200632.715.2
200532.415.1
200432.115
200331.815
200231.514.9
200131.214.8
200030.914.7
199930.614.6
199830.314.4
199730.114.2
199629.814
199529.513.6
199429.213.3
19932912.9
199228.712.5
199128.512
199028.211.6
19892811.3
198827.710.9
198727.410.6
198627.110.4
198526.810.1
198426.59.9
198326.19.7
198225.79.5
198125.39.3
198024.79.1
197924.18.9
197823.58.7
197722.88.4
1976228.1
197521.37.8
197420.57.4
197319.67
197218.86.5
197117.96.1
1970175.7
196916.25.4
196815.35.1
196714.54.8
196613.74.7
196512.94.6
196412.24.5
196311.54.3
196210.84.2
196110.24.1
19609.74
19599.34
19588.93.9
19578.63.8
19568.43.7
19558.33.7
19548.33.6
19538.33.6
19528.33.6
19518.23.5
19508.13.5
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearGuineaMalawi
20263918
202739.518.3
20284018.8
202940.519.2
20304119.7
203141.620.2
203242.220.8
203342.821.3
203443.521.9
203544.122.6
203644.823.2
203745.523.9
203846.224.6
20394725.3
204047.826.1
204148.626.9
204249.427.7
204350.228.5
204451.129.4
20455230.3
20465331.2
204753.932.1
204854.933
204955.934
20505735

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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