Guinea vs South Sudan

Guinea vs South Sudan: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 38.5% in Guinea and 21.7% in South Sudan, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guinea, by 16.8 percentage points, or 1.78 times that in South Sudan.

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% of people · UN

Guinea vs South Sudan: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 38.5% in Guinea and 21.7% in South Sudan, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guinea, by 16.8 percentage points, or 1.78 times that in South Sudan.
GuineaSouth SudanUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Guinea has been higher since 1958, when it overtook South Sudan.
  • In 2025, Guinea ranked 184 and South Sudan ranked 220 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Guinea at 57% and South Sudan at 30.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearGuineaSouth Sudan
202538.521.7
202438.121.4
202337.721.1
202237.220.8
202136.920.5
202036.520.2
201936.119.9
201835.919.6
201735.619.4
201635.319.1
20153518.8
201434.818.6
201334.618.3
201234.318
201134.117.8
201033.817.5
200933.517.3
200833.317
20073317
200632.717
200532.416.9
200432.116.8
200331.816.6
200231.516.5
200131.216.3
200030.916
199930.615.8
199830.315.6
199730.115.3
199629.815
199529.514.7
199429.214.5
19932914.2
199228.713.8
199128.513.3
199028.212.6
19892811.9
198827.711.2
198727.410.4
198627.19.7
198526.89.2
198426.58.7
198326.18.5
198225.78.5
198125.38.5
198024.78.5
197924.18.5
197823.58.5
197722.88.5
1976228.5
197521.38.5
197420.58.5
197319.68.5
197218.88.5
197117.98.5
1970178.5
196916.28.5
196815.38.5
196714.58.5
196613.78.6
196512.98.6
196412.28.6
196311.58.6
196210.88.6
196110.28.6
19609.78.7
19599.38.7
19588.98.7
19578.68.7
19568.48.8
19558.38.8
19548.38.6
19538.38.3
19528.37.7
19518.27.1
19508.16.5
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearGuineaSouth Sudan
20263922
202739.522.3
20284022.6
202940.523
20304123.3
203141.623.6
203242.224
203342.824.3
203443.524.7
203544.125
203644.825.4
203745.525.7
203846.226.1
20394726.5
204047.826.9
204148.627.2
204249.427.6
204350.228
204451.128.4
20455228.8
20465329.2
204753.929.6
204854.930
204955.930.5
20505730.9

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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