Madagascar vs Niger

Madagascar vs Niger: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 32.9% in Madagascar and 18.4% in Niger, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 14.5 percentage points, or 1.79 times that in Niger.

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% of people · UN

Madagascar vs Niger: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 32.9% in Madagascar and 18.4% in Niger, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 14.5 percentage points, or 1.79 times that in Niger.
MadagascarNigerUN 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 Niger ranked 223 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Madagascar at 48.4% and Niger at 33.8% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearMadagascarNiger
202532.918.4
202432.418.1
20233217.8
202231.517.5
202131.117.2
202030.717
201930.316.8
201829.916.6
201729.716.5
201629.416.4
201529.216.3
201428.916.3
201328.716.2
201228.416.2
201128.116.2
201027.916.2
200927.616.3
200827.316.3
20072716.3
200626.816.3
200526.516.3
200426.216.3
200325.916.3
200225.616.3
200125.316.3
20002516.1
199924.716.1
199824.416
199724.115.9
199623.815.8
199523.515.8
199423.215.7
199322.915.7
199222.515.6
199122.215.5
199021.915.5
198921.615.4
198821.315.3
198720.915.1
198620.615
198520.314.8
198419.914.6
198319.614.4
198219.214.2
198118.914
198018.513.7
197918.113.4
197817.713.1
197717.312.8
197616.912.4
197516.512
197416.111.4
197315.610.9
197215.110.3
197114.59.7
197014.19.1
196913.78.5
196813.48
196713.17.5
196612.77.1
196512.46.8
196412.16.5
196311.86.2
196211.56
196111.25.9
196010.85.7
195910.55.6
195810.25.5
19579.95.4
19569.65.4
19559.35.3
195495.3
19538.75.2
19528.45.2
19518.15.2
19507.85.1
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearMadagascarNiger
202633.418.7
202733.919.1
202834.419.5
202934.919.9
203035.420.4
20313620.8
203236.521.3
203337.121.8
203437.722.4
203538.322.9
203638.923.5
203739.524.1
203840.124.8
203940.825.4
204041.426.1
204142.126.8
204242.727.5
204343.428.2
204444.129
204544.829.7
204645.530.5
204746.231.3
20484732.1
204947.733
205048.433.8

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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