Malawi vs Niger

Malawi vs Niger: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 17.6% in Malawi and 18.4% in Niger, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Niger, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Malawi.

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% of people · UN

Malawi vs Niger: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 17.6% in Malawi and 18.4% in Niger, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Niger, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Malawi.
MalawiNigerUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Niger has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Malawi ranked 224 and Niger ranked 223 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Malawi at 35% and Niger at 33.8% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearMalawiNiger
202517.618.4
202417.318.1
20231717.8
202216.717.5
202116.517.2
202016.317
201916.116.8
20181616.6
20171616.5
201615.916.4
201515.816.3
201415.816.3
201315.716.2
201215.616.2
201115.616.2
201015.516.2
200915.416.3
200815.316.3
200715.316.3
200615.216.3
200515.116.3
20041516.3
20031516.3
200214.916.3
200114.816.3
200014.716.1
199914.616.1
199814.416
199714.215.9
19961415.8
199513.615.8
199413.315.7
199312.915.7
199212.515.6
19911215.5
199011.615.5
198911.315.4
198810.915.3
198710.615.1
198610.415
198510.114.8
19849.914.6
19839.714.4
19829.514.2
19819.314
19809.113.7
19798.913.4
19788.713.1
19778.412.8
19768.112.4
19757.812
19747.411.4
1973710.9
19726.510.3
19716.19.7
19705.79.1
19695.48.5
19685.18
19674.87.5
19664.77.1
19654.66.8
19644.56.5
19634.36.2
19624.26
19614.15.9
196045.7
195945.6
19583.95.5
19573.85.4
19563.75.4
19553.75.3
19543.65.3
19533.65.2
19523.65.2
19513.55.2
19503.55.1
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearMalawiNiger
20261818.7
202718.319.1
202818.819.5
202919.219.9
203019.720.4
203120.220.8
203220.821.3
203321.321.8
203421.922.4
203522.622.9
203623.223.5
203723.924.1
203824.624.8
203925.325.4
204026.126.1
204126.926.8
204227.727.5
204328.528.2
204429.429
204530.329.7
204631.230.5
204732.131.3
20483332.1
20493433
20503533.8

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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