Congo vs Nigeria: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Congo
64.1%
in 2025
Nigeria
63.8%
in 2025
Congo rank
126th
Nigeria rank
128th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Congo
- Nigeria
How they compare
Congo currently reports 64.1% against 63.8% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Congo ahead.
Congo ranks 126th and Nigeria ranks 128th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 37 and Nigeria in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Congo |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Congo |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Congo |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Congo |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Congo |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Congo |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Congo |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | Congo |
| 1710s | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.1% | Nigeria |
| 1720s | 1.1% | 1.2% | 0.1% | Nigeria |
| 1730s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.0% | Nigeria |
| 1740s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | Congo |
| 1750s | 1.7% | 1.6% | 0.1% | Congo |
| 1760s | 1.9% | 1.8% | 0.2% | Congo |
| 1770s | 2.2% | 1.9% | 0.3% | Congo |
| 1780s | 2.5% | 2.1% | 0.4% | Congo |
| 1790s | 2.9% | 2.3% | 0.6% | Congo |
| 1800s | 3.3% | 2.5% | 0.8% | Congo |
| 1810s | 3.8% | 2.8% | 1.0% | Congo |
| 1820s | 4.3% | 3.0% | 1.3% | Congo |
| 1830s | 4.9% | 3.3% | 1.6% | Congo |
| 1840s | 5.6% | 3.6% | 2.0% | Congo |
| 1850s | 6.4% | 4.0% | 2.4% | Congo |
| 1860s | 7.3% | 4.4% | 3.0% | Congo |
| 1870s | 8.4% | 4.8% | 3.6% | Congo |
| 1880s | 9.6% | 5.2% | 4.3% | Congo |
| 1890s | 10.9% | 5.7% | 5.2% | Congo |
| 1900s | 12.5% | 6.3% | 6.2% | Congo |
| 1910s | 14.3% | 6.9% | 7.4% | Congo |
| 1920s | 16.3% | 7.5% | 8.8% | Congo |
| 1930s | 18.6% | 8.2% | 10.4% | Congo |
| 1940s | 21.3% | 9.0% | 12.3% | Congo |
| 1950s | 34.1% | 11.7% | 22.4% | Congo |
| 1960s | 37.3% | 16.8% | 20.5% | Congo |
| 1970s | 40.8% | 23.4% | 17.4% | Congo |
| 1980s | 51.3% | 30.9% | 20.5% | Congo |
| 1990s | 56.3% | 38.8% | 17.6% | Congo |
| 2000s | 60.9% | 47.1% | 13.8% | Congo |
| 2010s | 63.0% | 55.3% | 7.7% | Congo |
| 2020s | 63.8% | 61.8% | 2.0% | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Congo or Nigeria?
- Congo, at 64.1% against 63.8% in Nigeria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Congo and Nigeria?
- 0.3%, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Nigeria?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Congo and Nigeria rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Congo ranks 126th and Nigeria ranks 128th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Do more people live in urban or rural areas?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.