Uganda vs Zambia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 31.9% in Uganda and 45.9% in Zambia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zambia, by 14 percentage points, or 1.44 times that in Uganda.

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% of people · UN

UgandaZambiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Zambia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Uganda ranked 201 and Zambia ranked 166 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Uganda at 43.2% and Zambia at 59.1% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Uganda	Zambia
2025	31.9	45.9
2024	31.3	45.5
2023	30.6	45
2022	29.9	44.6
2021	29.2	44.2
2020	28.5	43.9
2019	27.8	43.5
2018	27.1	43.1
2017	26.4	42.7
2016	25.7	42.3
2015	25	42
2014	24.2	41.6
2013	22.7	41.2
2012	21.4	40.8
2011	20.1	40.4
2010	18.8	40
2009	17.6	39.5
2008	16.5	39
2007	15.5	38.4
2006	14.6	37.8
2005	13.8	37.3
2004	13.1	36.8
2003	12.6	36.4
2002	12.2	36.1
2001	11.9	35.9
2000	11.6	35.9
1999	11.4	36.2
1998	11.2	36.7
1997	11.1	37.4
1996	10.9	38
1995	10.7	38.4
1994	10.6	38.7
1993	10.4	38.9
1992	10.2	39.1
1991	10	39.3
1990	9.8	39.4
1989	9.5	39.5
1988	9.1	39.5
1987	8.8	39.6
1986	8.4	39.7
1985	8.1	39.7
1984	7.7	39.8
1983	7.4	39.8
1982	7.1	39.9
1981	6.9	39.9
1980	6.8	39.9
1979	6.7	39.7
1978	6.6	39.3
1977	6.5	38.6
1976	6.5	37.8
1975	6.4	36.8
1974	6.4	35.7
1973	6.3	34.4
1972	6.3	33.2
1971	6.2	31.9
1970	6.2	30.7
1969	6.1	29.4
1968	6	28
1967	5.8	26.4
1966	5.6	24.6
1965	5.4	22.9
1964	5.2	21.3
1963	5	20.1
1962	4.8	19.1
1961	4.5	18.2
1960	4.4	17.2
1959	4.2	16.3
1958	4.1	15.5
1957	4	14.7
1956	3.8	14
1955	3.7	13.3
1954	3.6	12.7
1953	3.5	12.3
1952	3.4	11.9
1951	3.3	11.6
1950	3.2	11.5

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

Year	Uganda	Zambia
2026	32.6	46.4
2027	33.2	46.8
2028	33.9	47.3
2029	34.5	47.8
2030	35.1	48.2
2031	35.7	48.7
2032	36.2	49.2
2033	36.8	49.7
2034	37.3	50.2
2035	37.9	50.7
2036	38.4	51.2
2037	38.9	51.7
2038	39.3	52.3
2039	39.8	52.8
2040	40.2	53.3
2041	40.6	53.9
2042	41	54.4
2043	41.4	55
2044	41.7	55.5
2045	42	56.1
2046	42.3	56.7
2047	42.6	57.3
2048	42.8	57.9
2049	43	58.5
2050	43.2	59.1

Each country on its own

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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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