Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 38.5% in Guinea and 45.9% in Sierra Leone, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sierra Leone, by 7.4 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in Guinea.

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% of people · UN

GuineaSierra LeoneUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Sierra Leone has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Guinea ranked 184 and Sierra Leone ranked 165 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Guinea at 57% and Sierra Leone at 63.7% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Guinea	Sierra Leone
2025	38.5	45.9
2024	38.1	45.4
2023	37.7	44.8
2022	37.2	44.3
2021	36.9	43.7
2020	36.5	43.2
2019	36.1	42.7
2018	35.9	42.2
2017	35.6	41.7
2016	35.3	41.2
2015	35	40.8
2014	34.8	40.3
2013	34.6	39.9
2012	34.3	39.5
2011	34.1	39.1
2010	33.8	38.6
2009	33.5	38.3
2008	33.3	37.9
2007	33	37.5
2006	32.7	37.2
2005	32.4	36.9
2004	32.1	36.6
2003	31.8	36.3
2002	31.5	36
2001	31.2	35.8
2000	30.9	35.5
1999	30.6	35.3
1998	30.3	35.1
1997	30.1	34.9
1996	29.8	34.7
1995	29.5	34.5
1994	29.2	34.3
1993	29	34.1
1992	28.7	33.9
1991	28.5	33.7
1990	28.2	33.5
1989	28	33.2
1988	27.7	33
1987	27.4	32.7
1986	27.1	32.4
1985	26.8	32.1
1984	26.5	31.8
1983	26.1	31.4
1982	25.7	31
1981	25.3	30.6
1980	24.7	30.2
1979	24.1	29.8
1978	23.5	29.3
1977	22.8	28.8
1976	22	28.3
1975	21.3	27.8
1974	20.5	27.2
1973	19.6	26.6
1972	18.8	25.9
1971	17.9	25.2
1970	17	24.4
1969	16.2	23.5
1968	15.3	22.7
1967	14.5	21.9
1966	13.7	21.1
1965	12.9	20.3
1964	12.2	19.7
1963	11.5	19.1
1962	10.8	18.5
1961	10.2	18
1960	9.7	17.4
1959	9.3	16.9
1958	8.9	16.4
1957	8.6	15.9
1956	8.4	15.4
1955	8.3	14.8
1954	8.3	14.3
1953	8.3	13.9
1952	8.3	13.4
1951	8.2	12.9
1950	8.1	12.4

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

Year	Guinea	Sierra Leone
2026	39	46.5
2027	39.5	47.1
2028	40	47.7
2029	40.5	48.3
2030	41	48.9
2031	41.6	49.5
2032	42.2	50.2
2033	42.8	50.8
2034	43.5	51.5
2035	44.1	52.2
2036	44.8	52.9
2037	45.5	53.6
2038	46.2	54.3
2039	47	55
2040	47.8	55.7
2041	48.6	56.5
2042	49.4	57.2
2043	50.2	58
2044	51.1	58.8
2045	52	59.6
2046	53	60.4
2047	53.9	61.2
2048	54.9	62
2049	55.9	62.9
2050	57	63.7

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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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