Niger

Urban population in Niger

Urban population in Niger: 5.1% in 1950 and 18.4% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025
18.4%
Since 1950
+13.2 percentage points
Rank, 2025
223 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2050
33.8%
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
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% of people · UN

Urban population in NigerUrban population in Niger: 5.1% in 1950 and 18.4% in 2025, by UN estimates. The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 33.8% in 2050.
Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 33.8% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearNiger
202518.4
202418.1
202317.8
202217.5
202117.2
202017
201916.8
201816.6
201716.5
201616.4
201516.3
201416.3
201316.2
201216.2
201116.2
201016.2
200916.3
200816.3
200716.3
200616.3
200516.3
200416.3
200316.3
200216.3
200116.3
200016.1
199916.1
199816
199715.9
199615.8
199515.8
199415.7
199315.7
199215.6
199115.5
199015.5
198915.4
198815.3
198715.1
198615
198514.8
198414.6
198314.4
198214.2
198114
198013.7
197913.4
197813.1
197712.8
197612.4
197512
197411.4
197310.9
197210.3
19719.7
19709.1
19698.5
19688
19677.5
19667.1
19656.8
19646.5
19636.2
19626
19615.9
19605.7
19595.6
19585.5
19575.4
19565.4
19555.3
19545.3
19535.2
19525.2
19515.2
19505.1
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearNiger
202618.7
202719.1
202819.5
202919.9
203020.4
203120.8
203221.3
203321.8
203422.4
203522.9
203623.5
203724.1
203824.8
203925.4
204026.1
204126.8
204227.5
204328.2
204429
204529.7
204630.5
204731.3
204832.1
204933
205033.8

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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