Senegal vs Somalia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Senegal

55.8%

in 2025

Somalia

55.1%

in 2025

Senegal rank

157th

Somalia rank

160th

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

Senegal currently reports 55.8% against 55.1% in Somalia, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Senegal ahead.

Senegal ranks 157th and Somalia ranks 160th 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.