Iran vs Kenya: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 77.4% in Iran and 32.2% in Kenya, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 45.2 percentage points, or 2.4 times that in Kenya.

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% of people · UN

IranKenyaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Iran at 86.9% and Kenya at 56.3% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Iran	Kenya
2025	77.4	32.2
2024	77	31.9
2023	76.7	31.6
2022	76.3	31.4
2021	76	31.3
2020	75.6	31.2
2019	75.2	31.2
2018	74.8	31.4
2017	74.4	31.5
2016	73.9	31.7
2015	73.4	31.7
2014	72.8	31.8
2013	72.3	31.8
2012	71.8	31.9
2011	71.2	31.9
2010	70.6	31.9
2009	70	31.9
2008	69.4	31.4
2007	68.8	30.4
2006	68.3	29
2005	67.9	27.3
2004	67.3	25.4
2003	66.6	23.6
2002	65.9	21.9
2001	65.2	20.4
2000	64.5	19.5
1999	63.7	19
1998	62.9	18.9
1997	62.1	18.8
1996	61.1	18.7
1995	60.4	18.6
1994	59.6	18.5
1993	58.7	18.5
1992	57.9	18.4
1991	56.9	18.3
1990	56.5	18.2
1989	55.9	18.1
1988	55.4	17.9
1987	54.8	17.7
1986	54.2	17.5
1985	53.6	17.3
1984	52.8	17
1983	52.1	16.8
1982	51.4	16.5
1981	50.7	16.2
1980	49.9	15.8
1979	49.2	15.5
1978	48.5	15.1
1977	47.8	14.5
1976	46.8	13.9
1975	46.1	13.2
1974	45.2	12.5
1973	44.3	11.8
1972	43.3	11.2
1971	42.4	10.6
1970	41.5	10.1
1969	40.6	9.8
1968	39.7	9.6
1967	38.9	9.4
1966	37.7	9.3
1965	37.1	9.1
1964	36.6	9
1963	36	8.8
1962	35.3	8.6
1961	34.6	8.4
1960	34	8.2
1959	33.3	8
1958	32.6	7.8
1957	31.9	7.6
1956	31.2	7.4
1955	30.5	7.1
1954	29.9	6.9
1953	29.3	6.7
1952	28.7	6.4
1951	28.1	6.2
1950	27.5	5.9

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

Year	Iran	Kenya
2026	77.7	32.6
2027	78.1	33
2028	78.5	33.5
2029	78.8	34
2030	79.2	34.6
2031	79.5	35.3
2032	79.9	36
2033	80.3	36.7
2034	80.6	37.5
2035	81	38.4
2036	81.4	39.3
2037	81.8	40.2
2038	82.1	41.2
2039	82.5	42.2
2040	82.9	43.3
2041	83.3	44.4
2042	83.7	45.6
2043	84.1	46.8
2044	84.5	48
2045	84.8	49.3
2046	85.2	50.6
2047	85.6	52
2048	86.1	53.4
2049	86.5	54.8
2050	86.9	56.3

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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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