Madagascar vs Uganda

Madagascar vs Uganda: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 32.9% in Madagascar and 31.9% in Uganda, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 1 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Uganda.

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% of people · UN

Madagascar vs Uganda: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 32.9% in Madagascar and 31.9% in Uganda, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 1 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Uganda.
MadagascarUgandaUN 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 Uganda ranked 201 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Madagascar at 48.4% and Uganda at 43.2% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearMadagascarUganda
202532.931.9
202432.431.3
20233230.6
202231.529.9
202131.129.2
202030.728.5
201930.327.8
201829.927.1
201729.726.4
201629.425.7
201529.225
201428.924.2
201328.722.7
201228.421.4
201128.120.1
201027.918.8
200927.617.6
200827.316.5
20072715.5
200626.814.6
200526.513.8
200426.213.1
200325.912.6
200225.612.2
200125.311.9
20002511.6
199924.711.4
199824.411.2
199724.111.1
199623.810.9
199523.510.7
199423.210.6
199322.910.4
199222.510.2
199122.210
199021.99.8
198921.69.5
198821.39.1
198720.98.8
198620.68.4
198520.38.1
198419.97.7
198319.67.4
198219.27.1
198118.96.9
198018.56.8
197918.16.7
197817.76.6
197717.36.5
197616.96.5
197516.56.4
197416.16.4
197315.66.3
197215.16.3
197114.56.2
197014.16.2
196913.76.1
196813.46
196713.15.8
196612.75.6
196512.45.4
196412.15.2
196311.85
196211.54.8
196111.24.5
196010.84.4
195910.54.2
195810.24.1
19579.94
19569.63.8
19559.33.7
195493.6
19538.73.5
19528.43.4
19518.13.3
19507.83.2
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearMadagascarUganda
202633.432.6
202733.933.2
202834.433.9
202934.934.5
203035.435.1
20313635.7
203236.536.2
203337.136.8
203437.737.3
203538.337.9
203638.938.4
203739.538.9
203840.139.3
203940.839.8
204041.440.2
204142.140.6
204242.741
204343.441.4
204444.141.7
204544.842
204645.542.3
204746.242.6
20484742.8
204947.743
205048.443.2

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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