Sudan vs Zambia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 34.9% in Sudan and 45.9% in Zambia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zambia, by 11 percentage points, or 1.31 times that in Sudan.

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% of people · UN

SudanZambiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Zambia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Sudan ranked 192 and Zambia ranked 166 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Sudan at 35.7% and Zambia at 59.1% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Sudan	Zambia
2025	34.9	45.9
2024	34.9	45.5
2023	34.8	45
2022	34.7	44.6
2021	34.6	44.2
2020	34.6	43.9
2019	34.5	43.5
2018	34.4	43.1
2017	34.3	42.7
2016	34.2	42.3
2015	34.1	42
2014	33.8	41.6
2013	33.4	41.2
2012	33.1	40.8
2011	32.9	40.4
2010	32.7	40
2009	32.6	39.5
2008	32.5	39
2007	32.5	38.4
2006	32.5	37.8
2005	32.5	37.3
2004	32.5	36.8
2003	32.4	36.4
2002	32.4	36.1
2001	32.4	35.9
2000	32.3	35.9
1999	32.3	36.2
1998	32.3	36.7
1997	32.2	37.4
1996	32.2	38
1995	32.1	38.4
1994	32.1	38.7
1993	32	38.9
1992	31.7	39.1
1991	31	39.3
1990	30	39.4
1989	28.6	39.5
1988	27.1	39.5
1987	25.5	39.6
1986	24	39.7
1985	22.6	39.7
1984	21.5	39.8
1983	20.7	39.8
1982	20.3	39.9
1981	20	39.9
1980	19.8	39.9
1979	19.6	39.7
1978	19.5	39.3
1977	19.3	38.6
1976	19.2	37.8
1975	19	36.8
1974	18.8	35.7
1973	18.6	34.4
1972	18.3	33.2
1971	17.9	31.9
1970	17.5	30.7
1969	17	29.4
1968	16.5	28
1967	16	26.4
1966	15.4	24.6
1965	14.9	22.9
1964	14.2	21.3
1963	13.6	20.1
1962	13	19.1
1961	12.4	18.2
1960	11.7	17.2
1959	11.1	16.3
1958	10.5	15.5
1957	9.9	14.7
1956	9.3	14
1955	8.8	13.3
1954	8.2	12.7
1953	7.7	12.3
1952	7.1	11.9
1951	6.6	11.6
1950	6.3	11.5

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

Year	Sudan	Zambia
2026	35	46.4
2027	35.1	46.8
2028	35.1	47.3
2029	35.2	47.8
2030	35.2	48.2
2031	35.3	48.7
2032	35.3	49.2
2033	35.4	49.7
2034	35.4	50.2
2035	35.4	50.7
2036	35.5	51.2
2037	35.5	51.7
2038	35.5	52.3
2039	35.5	52.8
2040	35.6	53.3
2041	35.6	53.9
2042	35.6	54.4
2043	35.6	55
2044	35.6	55.5
2045	35.6	56.1
2046	35.7	56.7
2047	35.7	57.3
2048	35.7	57.9
2049	35.7	58.5
2050	35.7	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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