Madagascar vs Zambia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 32.9% in Madagascar and 45.9% in Zambia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zambia, by 13 percentage points, or 1.4 times that in Madagascar.

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% of people · UN

MadagascarZambiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Zambia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Madagascar ranked 198 and Zambia ranked 166 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Madagascar at 48.4% and Zambia at 59.1% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Madagascar	Zambia
2025	32.9	45.9
2024	32.4	45.5
2023	32	45
2022	31.5	44.6
2021	31.1	44.2
2020	30.7	43.9
2019	30.3	43.5
2018	29.9	43.1
2017	29.7	42.7
2016	29.4	42.3
2015	29.2	42
2014	28.9	41.6
2013	28.7	41.2
2012	28.4	40.8
2011	28.1	40.4
2010	27.9	40
2009	27.6	39.5
2008	27.3	39
2007	27	38.4
2006	26.8	37.8
2005	26.5	37.3
2004	26.2	36.8
2003	25.9	36.4
2002	25.6	36.1
2001	25.3	35.9
2000	25	35.9
1999	24.7	36.2
1998	24.4	36.7
1997	24.1	37.4
1996	23.8	38
1995	23.5	38.4
1994	23.2	38.7
1993	22.9	38.9
1992	22.5	39.1
1991	22.2	39.3
1990	21.9	39.4
1989	21.6	39.5
1988	21.3	39.5
1987	20.9	39.6
1986	20.6	39.7
1985	20.3	39.7
1984	19.9	39.8
1983	19.6	39.8
1982	19.2	39.9
1981	18.9	39.9
1980	18.5	39.9
1979	18.1	39.7
1978	17.7	39.3
1977	17.3	38.6
1976	16.9	37.8
1975	16.5	36.8
1974	16.1	35.7
1973	15.6	34.4
1972	15.1	33.2
1971	14.5	31.9
1970	14.1	30.7
1969	13.7	29.4
1968	13.4	28
1967	13.1	26.4
1966	12.7	24.6
1965	12.4	22.9
1964	12.1	21.3
1963	11.8	20.1
1962	11.5	19.1
1961	11.2	18.2
1960	10.8	17.2
1959	10.5	16.3
1958	10.2	15.5
1957	9.9	14.7
1956	9.6	14
1955	9.3	13.3
1954	9	12.7
1953	8.7	12.3
1952	8.4	11.9
1951	8.1	11.6
1950	7.8	11.5

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Madagascar	Zambia
2026	33.4	46.4
2027	33.9	46.8
2028	34.4	47.3
2029	34.9	47.8
2030	35.4	48.2
2031	36	48.7
2032	36.5	49.2
2033	37.1	49.7
2034	37.7	50.2
2035	38.3	50.7
2036	38.9	51.2
2037	39.5	51.7
2038	40.1	52.3
2039	40.8	52.8
2040	41.4	53.3
2041	42.1	53.9
2042	42.7	54.4
2043	43.4	55
2044	44.1	55.5
2045	44.8	56.1
2046	45.5	56.7
2047	46.2	57.3
2048	47	57.9
2049	47.7	58.5
2050	48.4	59.1

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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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