Kenya vs Uganda: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Kenya

32.2%

in 2025

Uganda

31.9%

in 2025

Kenya rank

208th

Uganda rank

209th

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

Kenya currently reports 32.2% against 31.9% in Uganda, a difference of 0.3%.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 208th and Uganda ranks 209th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Unit: %
Source: HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.