Statizoid

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

Niger
18.4%
in 2025
South Sudan
21.7%
in 2025
Niger rank
231st
South Sudan rank
228th

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

  • Niger
  • South Sudan
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How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 21.7% against 18.4% in Niger, a difference of 3.3%.

That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.2 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Sudan ahead.

Niger ranks 231st and South Sudan ranks 228th of 238 countries.

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About this data

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

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