Nigeria vs Russia

Nigeria vs Russia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 63.8% in Nigeria and 75.3% in Russia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 11.5 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Nigeria.

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% of people · UN

Nigeria vs Russia: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 63.8% in Nigeria and 75.3% in Russia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 11.5 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Nigeria.
NigeriaRussiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Nigeria ranked 119 and Russia ranked 80 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Nigeria at 83.4% and Russia at 81% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearNigeriaRussia
202563.875.3
20246375.1
202362.275
202261.474.9
202160.674.8
202059.874.7
20195974.6
201858.274.5
201757.474.5
201656.574.4
201555.774.3
201454.974.2
201354.174.1
201253.374
201152.573.9
201051.773.7
200950.973.5
200850.173.5
200749.273.4
200648.473.2
200547.673.2
200446.773.3
200345.873.4
20024573.3
200144.173.2
200043.373.2
199942.473
199841.673.2
199740.873.1
19964073.1
199539.172.9
199438.373
199337.573.1
199236.873.4
19913673.7
199035.273.7
198934.473.6
198833.673.2
198732.872.9
198632.172.5
198531.372
198430.571.6
198329.771.3
19822970.9
198128.270.3
198027.469.9
197926.769.3
197825.968.8
197725.268.2
197624.467.7
197523.766.9
19742366.1
197322.365.1
197221.664.2
197120.963.2
197020.262.6
196919.661.8
196818.960.9
196718.360.1
196617.759.2
196517.158.3
196416.557.6
196315.956.8
196215.455.9
196114.855.1
196014.254.1
195913.753
195813.251.8
195712.750.8
195612.249.9
195511.748.9
195411.348.1
19531147.2
195210.746.4
195110.445.6
195010.144.7
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearNigeriaRussia
202664.675.4
202765.475.6
202866.275.7
20296775.9
203067.876.1
203168.676.2
203269.376.4
203370.176.6
203470.976.8
203571.777
203672.577.3
203773.377.5
203874.177.7
203974.978
204075.678.2
204176.478.5
204277.278.7
20437879
204478.879.3
204579.579.5
204680.379.8
204781.180.1
204881.880.4
204982.680.7
205083.481

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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