Madagascar vs Mali

Madagascar vs Mali: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 32.9% in Madagascar and 32.2% in Mali, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Mali.

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% of people · UN

Madagascar vs Mali: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 32.9% in Madagascar and 32.2% in Mali, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 0.7 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Mali.
MadagascarMaliUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Madagascar has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Madagascar at 48.4% and Mali at 47.7% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearMadagascarMali
202532.932.2
202432.431.6
20233231
202231.530.4
202131.129.7
202030.729
201930.328.4
201829.927.7
201729.727.1
201629.426.5
201529.225.9
201428.925.3
201328.724.7
201228.424.2
201128.123.6
201027.923.1
200927.622.7
200827.322.2
20072721.7
200626.821.3
200526.520.9
200426.220.5
200325.920.1
200225.619.7
200125.319.3
20002519
199924.718.7
199824.418.4
199724.118.1
199623.817.9
199523.517.6
199423.217.4
199322.917.2
199222.517
199122.216.8
199021.916.6
198921.616.4
198821.316.2
198720.916
198620.615.7
198520.315.5
198419.915.2
198319.614.9
198219.214.6
198118.914.4
198018.514.1
197918.113.8
197817.713.5
197717.313.2
197616.912.8
197516.512.5
197416.112.2
197315.611.9
197215.111.5
197114.511.1
197014.110.8
196913.710.4
196813.410
196713.19.6
196612.79.2
196512.48.9
196412.18.5
196311.88.1
196211.57.7
196111.27.4
196010.87
195910.56.7
195810.26.4
19579.96.1
19569.65.8
19559.35.5
195495.2
19538.75
19528.44.8
19518.14.6
19507.84.5
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearMadagascarMali
202633.432.8
202733.933.4
202834.434
202934.934.6
203035.435.3
20313635.9
203236.536.5
203337.137.1
203437.737.7
203538.338.3
203638.938.9
203739.539.5
203840.140.2
203940.840.8
204041.441.4
204142.142
204242.742.6
204343.443.3
204444.143.9
204544.844.5
204645.545.1
204746.245.8
20484746.4
204947.747
205048.447.7

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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