Madagascar vs Mozambique

Madagascar vs Mozambique: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 32.9% in Madagascar and 37.2% in Mozambique, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 4.3 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Madagascar.

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% of people · UN

Madagascar vs Mozambique: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 32.9% in Madagascar and 37.2% in Mozambique, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 4.3 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Madagascar.
MadagascarMozambiqueUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Mozambique has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Madagascar.
  • In 2025, Madagascar ranked 198 and Mozambique ranked 186 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Madagascar at 48.4% and Mozambique at 52.8% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearMadagascarMozambique
202532.937.2
202432.436.4
20233235.7
202231.535.1
202131.134.5
202030.733.9
201930.333.4
201829.933
201729.732.6
201629.432.4
201529.232.1
201428.931.9
201328.731.7
201228.431.4
201128.131.2
201027.931
200927.630.8
200827.330.6
20072730.4
200626.830.2
200526.530
200426.229.9
200325.929.7
200225.629.6
200125.329.4
20002529.2
199924.729.1
199824.428.8
199724.128.6
199623.828.2
199523.527.6
199423.226.9
199322.926.1
199222.525.2
199122.224.2
199021.923.2
198921.622.1
198821.321
198720.919.8
198620.618.7
198520.317.6
198419.916.5
198319.615.5
198219.214.6
198118.913.8
198018.513.1
197918.112.5
197817.711.9
197717.311.3
197616.910.6
197516.510
197416.19.5
197315.68.9
197215.18.3
197114.57.8
197014.17.3
196913.76.8
196813.46.3
196713.15.8
196612.75.4
196512.45
196412.14.7
196311.84.4
196211.54.1
196111.23.8
196010.83.6
195910.53.4
195810.23.3
19579.93.1
19569.62.9
19559.32.8
195492.6
19538.72.5
19528.42.4
19518.12.4
19507.82.4
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearMadagascarMozambique
202633.438
202733.938.9
202834.439.7
202934.940.5
203035.441.2
20313641.9
203236.542.7
203337.143.4
203437.744.1
203538.344.8
203638.945.5
203739.546.1
203840.146.8
203940.847.4
204041.448
204142.148.6
204242.749.2
204343.449.7
204444.150.2
204544.850.7
204645.551.2
204746.251.6
20484752.1
204947.752.4
205048.452.8

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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