Côte d’Ivoire vs Zambia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 54.6% in Côte d’Ivoire and 45.9% in Zambia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 8.6 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in Zambia.

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% of people · UN

Côte d’IvoireZambiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Côte d’Ivoire has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Zambia.
In 2025, Côte d’Ivoire ranked 152 and Zambia ranked 166 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Côte d’Ivoire at 72.7% and Zambia at 59.1% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Côte d’Ivoire	Zambia
2025	54.6	45.9
2024	54	45.5
2023	53.4	45
2022	52.9	44.6
2021	52.3	44.2
2020	51.8	43.9
2019	51.4	43.5
2018	50.9	43.1
2017	50.4	42.7
2016	49.9	42.3
2015	49.5	42
2014	49	41.6
2013	48.6	41.2
2012	48.1	40.8
2011	47.7	40.4
2010	47.2	40
2009	46.8	39.5
2008	46.4	39
2007	45.9	38.4
2006	45.5	37.8
2005	45.1	37.3
2004	44.7	36.8
2003	44.3	36.4
2002	43.9	36.1
2001	43.5	35.9
2000	43.1	35.9
1999	42.7	36.2
1998	42.4	36.7
1997	42	37.4
1996	41.6	38
1995	41.3	38.4
1994	41	38.7
1993	40.6	38.9
1992	40.3	39.1
1991	40	39.3
1990	39.7	39.4
1989	39.4	39.5
1988	39.1	39.5
1987	38.9	39.6
1986	38.6	39.7
1985	38.4	39.7
1984	38.2	39.8
1983	38	39.8
1982	37.7	39.9
1981	37.5	39.9
1980	37.2	39.9
1979	36.9	39.7
1978	36.4	39.3
1977	35.3	38.6
1976	33.7	37.8
1975	32.2	36.8
1974	31.2	35.7
1973	30.3	34.4
1972	29.5	33.2
1971	28.8	31.9
1970	28.2	30.7
1969	27.5	29.4
1968	26.9	28
1967	26.2	26.4
1966	25.4	24.6
1965	24.5	22.9
1964	23.5	21.3
1963	22.3	20.1
1962	21.1	19.1
1961	19.8	18.2
1960	18.4	17.2
1959	17.2	16.3
1958	16	15.5
1957	14.9	14.7
1956	13.8	14
1955	12.9	13.3
1954	12.2	12.7
1953	11.5	12.3
1952	10.9	11.9
1951	10.4	11.6
1950	9.9	11.5

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

Year	Côte d’Ivoire	Zambia
2026	55.1	46.4
2027	55.7	46.8
2028	56.3	47.3
2029	57	47.8
2030	57.6	48.2
2031	58.2	48.7
2032	58.9	49.2
2033	59.5	49.7
2034	60.2	50.2
2035	60.9	50.7
2036	61.6	51.2
2037	62.3	51.7
2038	63	52.3
2039	63.7	52.8
2040	64.5	53.3
2041	65.2	53.9
2042	66	54.4
2043	66.8	55
2044	67.6	55.5
2045	68.4	56.1
2046	69.2	56.7
2047	70.1	57.3
2048	70.9	57.9
2049	71.8	58.5
2050	72.7	59.1

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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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