Somalia vs South Sudan

Somalia vs South Sudan: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 55.1% in Somalia and 21.7% in South Sudan, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Somalia, by 33.5 percentage points, or 2.54 times that in South Sudan.

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% of people · UN

Somalia vs South Sudan: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 55.1% in Somalia and 21.7% in South Sudan, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Somalia, by 33.5 percentage points, or 2.54 times that in South Sudan.
SomaliaSouth SudanUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Somalia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Somalia ranked 151 and South Sudan ranked 220 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Somalia at 61.3% and South Sudan at 30.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearSomaliaSouth Sudan
202555.121.7
202454.621.4
202354.121.1
202253.520.8
202152.920.5
202052.320.2
201951.619.9
20185119.6
201748.419.4
201645.919.1
201543.918.8
201442.418.6
201341.318.3
201240.318
201139.417.8
201038.617.5
200937.817.3
200837.217
200736.617
20063617
200535.516.9
20043516.8
200334.516.6
20023416.5
200133.516.3
200033.116
199932.615.8
199832.215.6
199731.815.3
199631.415
199531.114.7
199430.714.5
199330.414.2
19923013.8
199129.713.3
199029.412.6
198929.111.9
198828.811.2
198728.510.4
198628.29.7
1985289.2
198427.78.7
198327.58.5
198227.38.5
198127.18.5
198026.98.5
197926.68.5
197826.48.5
197726.18.5
197625.88.5
197525.58.5
197425.28.5
197324.88.5
197224.38.5
197123.88.5
197023.28.5
196922.78.5
196822.18.5
196721.58.5
196620.98.6
196520.38.6
196419.78.6
196319.28.6
196218.78.6
196118.28.6
196017.78.7
195917.28.7
195816.78.7
195716.28.7
195615.78.8
195515.28.8
195414.78.6
195314.28.3
195213.77.7
195113.37.1
195012.96.5
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearSomaliaSouth Sudan
202655.622
202756.122.3
202856.622.6
20295723
203057.423.3
203157.823.6
203258.224
203358.524.3
203458.824.7
203559.125
203659.425.4
203759.625.7
203859.926.1
203960.126.5
204060.326.9
204160.527.2
204260.627.6
204360.828
204460.928.4
20456128.8
204661.129.2
204761.229.6
204861.230
204961.230.5
205061.330.9

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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