Guinea vs Niger

Guinea vs Niger: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 38.5% in Guinea and 18.4% in Niger, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guinea, by 20.2 percentage points, or 2.1 times that in Niger.

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% of people · UN

Guinea vs Niger: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 38.5% in Guinea and 18.4% in Niger, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guinea, by 20.2 percentage points, or 2.1 times that in Niger.
GuineaNigerUN 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 Niger ranked 223 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Guinea at 57% and Niger at 33.8% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearGuineaNiger
202538.518.4
202438.118.1
202337.717.8
202237.217.5
202136.917.2
202036.517
201936.116.8
201835.916.6
201735.616.5
201635.316.4
20153516.3
201434.816.3
201334.616.2
201234.316.2
201134.116.2
201033.816.2
200933.516.3
200833.316.3
20073316.3
200632.716.3
200532.416.3
200432.116.3
200331.816.3
200231.516.3
200131.216.3
200030.916.1
199930.616.1
199830.316
199730.115.9
199629.815.8
199529.515.8
199429.215.7
19932915.7
199228.715.6
199128.515.5
199028.215.5
19892815.4
198827.715.3
198727.415.1
198627.115
198526.814.8
198426.514.6
198326.114.4
198225.714.2
198125.314
198024.713.7
197924.113.4
197823.513.1
197722.812.8
19762212.4
197521.312
197420.511.4
197319.610.9
197218.810.3
197117.99.7
1970179.1
196916.28.5
196815.38
196714.57.5
196613.77.1
196512.96.8
196412.26.5
196311.56.2
196210.86
196110.25.9
19609.75.7
19599.35.6
19588.95.5
19578.65.4
19568.45.4
19558.35.3
19548.35.3
19538.35.2
19528.35.2
19518.25.2
19508.15.1
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearGuineaNiger
20263918.7
202739.519.1
20284019.5
202940.519.9
20304120.4
203141.620.8
203242.221.3
203342.821.8
203443.522.4
203544.122.9
203644.823.5
203745.524.1
203846.224.8
20394725.4
204047.826.1
204148.626.8
204249.427.5
204350.228.2
204451.129
20455229.7
20465330.5
204753.931.3
204854.932.1
204955.933
20505733.8

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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