Madagascar vs Malawi

Madagascar vs Malawi: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 32.9% in Madagascar and 17.6% in Malawi, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 15.3 percentage points, or 1.87 times that in Malawi.

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% of people · UN

Madagascar vs Malawi: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 32.9% in Madagascar and 17.6% in Malawi, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 15.3 percentage points, or 1.87 times that in Malawi.
MadagascarMalawiUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Madagascar has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Madagascar ranked 198 and Malawi ranked 224 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Madagascar at 48.4% and Malawi at 35% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearMadagascarMalawi
202532.917.6
202432.417.3
20233217
202231.516.7
202131.116.5
202030.716.3
201930.316.1
201829.916
201729.716
201629.415.9
201529.215.8
201428.915.8
201328.715.7
201228.415.6
201128.115.6
201027.915.5
200927.615.4
200827.315.3
20072715.3
200626.815.2
200526.515.1
200426.215
200325.915
200225.614.9
200125.314.8
20002514.7
199924.714.6
199824.414.4
199724.114.2
199623.814
199523.513.6
199423.213.3
199322.912.9
199222.512.5
199122.212
199021.911.6
198921.611.3
198821.310.9
198720.910.6
198620.610.4
198520.310.1
198419.99.9
198319.69.7
198219.29.5
198118.99.3
198018.59.1
197918.18.9
197817.78.7
197717.38.4
197616.98.1
197516.57.8
197416.17.4
197315.67
197215.16.5
197114.56.1
197014.15.7
196913.75.4
196813.45.1
196713.14.8
196612.74.7
196512.44.6
196412.14.5
196311.84.3
196211.54.2
196111.24.1
196010.84
195910.54
195810.23.9
19579.93.8
19569.63.7
19559.33.7
195493.6
19538.73.6
19528.43.6
19518.13.5
19507.83.5
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearMadagascarMalawi
202633.418
202733.918.3
202834.418.8
202934.919.2
203035.419.7
20313620.2
203236.520.8
203337.121.3
203437.721.9
203538.322.6
203638.923.2
203739.523.9
203840.124.6
203940.825.3
204041.426.1
204142.126.9
204242.727.7
204343.428.5
204444.129.4
204544.830.3
204645.531.2
204746.232.1
20484733
204947.734
205048.435

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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