Libya vs Sudan: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 87.9% in Libya and 34.9% in Sudan, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Libya, by 53 percentage points, or 2.52 times that in Sudan.

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% of people · UN

LibyaSudanUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Libya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Libya ranked 43 and Sudan ranked 192 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Libya at 91.9% and Sudan at 35.7% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Libya	Sudan
2025	87.9	34.9
2024	87.9	34.9
2023	87.9	34.8
2022	87.9	34.7
2021	87.8	34.6
2020	87.8	34.6
2019	87.8	34.5
2018	87.8	34.4
2017	87.8	34.3
2016	87.8	34.2
2015	87.8	34.1
2014	88	33.8
2013	88.1	33.4
2012	88.1	33.1
2011	88.1	32.9
2010	88.1	32.7
2009	88.1	32.6
2008	88.2	32.5
2007	88.2	32.5
2006	88.2	32.5
2005	88.1	32.5
2004	88	32.5
2003	87.9	32.4
2002	87.6	32.4
2001	87.3	32.4
2000	87	32.3
1999	86.5	32.3
1998	86	32.3
1997	85.5	32.2
1996	84.9	32.2
1995	84.3	32.1
1994	83.6	32.1
1993	82.9	32
1992	82.2	31.7
1991	81.4	31
1990	80.6	30
1989	79.7	28.6
1988	78.9	27.1
1987	78	25.5
1986	77.1	24
1985	76.2	22.6
1984	75.3	21.5
1983	74.3	20.7
1982	73.2	20.3
1981	71.9	20
1980	70.5	19.8
1979	69	19.6
1978	67.4	19.5
1977	65.6	19.3
1976	63.7	19.2
1975	61.7	19
1974	59.6	18.8
1973	57.3	18.6
1972	54.4	18.3
1971	50.4	17.9
1970	45.8	17.5
1969	41	17
1968	36.2	16.5
1967	31.8	16
1966	28.2	15.4
1965	25.7	14.9
1964	24.6	14.2
1963	24.2	13.6
1962	23.9	13
1961	23.5	12.4
1960	23.3	11.7
1959	23	11.1
1958	22.8	10.5
1957	22.7	9.9
1956	22.6	9.3
1955	22.5	8.8
1954	22.5	8.2
1953	22.4	7.7
1952	22.3	7.1
1951	22.3	6.6
1950	22.2	6.3

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

Year	Libya	Sudan
2026	87.9	35
2027	88	35.1
2028	88	35.1
2029	88.1	35.2
2030	88.1	35.2
2031	88.2	35.3
2032	88.3	35.3
2033	88.4	35.4
2034	88.5	35.4
2035	88.6	35.4
2036	88.7	35.5
2037	88.8	35.5
2038	89	35.5
2039	89.1	35.5
2040	89.3	35.6
2041	89.5	35.6
2042	89.7	35.6
2043	89.9	35.6
2044	90.1	35.6
2045	90.4	35.6
2046	90.7	35.7
2047	90.9	35.7
2048	91.2	35.7
2049	91.6	35.7
2050	91.9	35.7

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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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