Urban population - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Urban population is the midyear population of areas defined as urban in each country and reported to the United Nations. Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.
Urban population - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa385,471,725
2Sub-Saharan Africa299,004,014
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa269,431,531
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria196,253,421
5North Africa86,467,710
6Nigeria73,178,110
7Egypt34,828,408
8South Africa29,572,484
9Algeria22,410,738
10Democratic Republic of the Congo21,804,142
11Sudan17,961,451
12Morocco17,494,475
13Ethiopia13,721,284
14Ghana11,680,134
15Tanzania10,841,897
16Cameroon10,726,480
17Angola10,217,719
18Ivory Coast10,044,437
19Kenya8,323,363
20Mozambique8,023,978
21Tunisia6,867,189
22Madagascar5,641,550
23Senegal5,175,099
24Libya4,866,900
25Zimbabwe4,653,639
26Zambia4,470,082
27Uganda4,109,061
28Mali4,090,445
29Benin3,568,779
30Guinea3,386,504
31Somalia3,269,961
32Burkina Faso2,974,799
33Chad2,952,792
34Togo2,712,614
35Malawi2,684,340
36Niger2,426,210
37Liberia2,281,351
38Republic of the Congo2,217,534
39Sierra Leone2,099,400
40Rwanda1,782,775
41Central African Republic1,706,568
42Mauritania1,312,118
43Gabon1,231,514
44Botswana1,134,994
45Eritrea1,035,213
46Gambia936,685
47Burundi839,722
48Namibia778,857
49Djibouti740,070
50Mauritius539,001
51Lesotho513,483
52Guinea-Bissau470,113
53Cape Verde297,308
54Swaziland291,258
55Equatorial Guinea259,592
56Comoros180,715
57Sao Tome and Principe97,473
58Seychelles46,914
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