Malawi vs Niger: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Malawi

17.6%

in 2025

Niger

18.4%

in 2025

Malawi rank

232nd

Niger rank

231st

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

Niger currently reports 18.4% against 17.6% in Malawi, a difference of 0.8%.

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

Malawi ranks 232nd and Niger ranks 231st 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.