Urban population (% of total 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.

Rank	Country	Value
Urban population (% of total population) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)
1	Djibouti	87.30
2	Gabon	85.04
3	Libya	77.54
4	Tunisia	66.50
5	Algeria	65.22
6	Republic of the Congo	61.34
7	South Africa	60.74
8	Sao Tome and Principe	60.56
9	Liberia	60.14
10	Cape Verde	59.62
11	Botswana	59.58
12	Cameroon	56.76
13	Angola	56.70
14	Gambia	56.42
15	Morocco	56.02
16	Seychelles	54.34
17	North Africa	52.81
18	Ghana	50.02
19	Ivory Coast	48.78
20	Nigeria	48.36
21	Sudan	43.44
22	Egypt	42.72
23	Mauritius	42.48
24	Senegal	42.38
25	Togo	42
26	Benin	41.20
27	Mauritania	41
28	Equatorial Guinea	39.38
29	Africa	39.21
30	Central African Republic	38.58
31	Sierra Leone	37.76
32	Zimbabwe	37.34
33	Namibia	36.84
34	Mozambique	36.84
35	Somalia	36.52
36	Sub-Saharan Africa	36.50
37	Zambia	35.42
38	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	34.96
39	Guinea	34.44
40	Democratic Republic of the Congo	33.96
41	Mali	32.18
42	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	31.69
43	Guinea-Bissau	29.84
44	Madagascar	29.52
45	Comoros	28.08
46	Chad	26.68
47	Tanzania	25.52
48	Lesotho	25.46
49	Swaziland	24.94
50	Kenya	21.60
51	Eritrea	20.72
52	Burkina Faso	19.56
53	Malawi	18.80
54	Rwanda	18.34
55	Ethiopia	17
56	Niger	16.54
57	Uganda	12.98
58	Burundi	10.40

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