Niger vs Nigeria

Niger vs Nigeria: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 18.4% in Niger and 63.8% in Nigeria, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 45.4 percentage points, or 3.47 times that in Niger.

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% of people · UN

Niger vs Nigeria: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 18.4% in Niger and 63.8% in Nigeria, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 45.4 percentage points, or 3.47 times that in Niger.
NigerNigeriaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Niger ranked 223 and Nigeria ranked 119 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Niger at 33.8% and Nigeria at 83.4% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearNigerNigeria
202518.463.8
202418.163
202317.862.2
202217.561.4
202117.260.6
20201759.8
201916.859
201816.658.2
201716.557.4
201616.456.5
201516.355.7
201416.354.9
201316.254.1
201216.253.3
201116.252.5
201016.251.7
200916.350.9
200816.350.1
200716.349.2
200616.348.4
200516.347.6
200416.346.7
200316.345.8
200216.345
200116.344.1
200016.143.3
199916.142.4
19981641.6
199715.940.8
199615.840
199515.839.1
199415.738.3
199315.737.5
199215.636.8
199115.536
199015.535.2
198915.434.4
198815.333.6
198715.132.8
19861532.1
198514.831.3
198414.630.5
198314.429.7
198214.229
19811428.2
198013.727.4
197913.426.7
197813.125.9
197712.825.2
197612.424.4
19751223.7
197411.423
197310.922.3
197210.321.6
19719.720.9
19709.120.2
19698.519.6
1968818.9
19677.518.3
19667.117.7
19656.817.1
19646.516.5
19636.215.9
1962615.4
19615.914.8
19605.714.2
19595.613.7
19585.513.2
19575.412.7
19565.412.2
19555.311.7
19545.311.3
19535.211
19525.210.7
19515.210.4
19505.110.1
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearNigerNigeria
202618.764.6
202719.165.4
202819.566.2
202919.967
203020.467.8
203120.868.6
203221.369.3
203321.870.1
203422.470.9
203522.971.7
203623.572.5
203724.173.3
203824.874.1
203925.474.9
204026.175.6
204126.876.4
204227.577.2
204328.278
20442978.8
204529.779.5
204630.580.3
204731.381.1
204832.181.8
20493382.6
205033.883.4

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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