Which country in Africa has the most urban population?

Gabon has the most urban population in Africa: 92% urban (2025). Next come Libya (88% urban) and Cabo Verde (78% urban).

What is the typical urban population of a country in Africa?

The median of the 54 countries in Africa is 46% urban: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

The share of people living in urban areas, as each country defines them — the World Bank does not impose one definition. Source: World Bank, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Africa by urban population

The share of people living in urban areas, as each country defines them — the World Bank does not impose one definition. 54 countries in Africa, highest first. World Bank, 2025

See it on the map

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Highest

92%

Gabon

Median country

46%

half above, half below

Lowest

18%

Malawi

Countries in Africa by urban population, World Bank, 2025
#	Country	% urban	Region
1	Gabon	92%	Middle Africa
2	Libya	88%	Northern Africa
3	Cabo Verde	78%	Western Africa
4	Algeria	76%	Northern Africa
5	Djibouti	73%	Eastern Africa
6	Equatorial Guinea	72%	Middle Africa
7	Angola	72%	Middle Africa
8	Tunisia	71%	Northern Africa
9	São Tomé and Principe	69%	Middle Africa
10	Botswana	68%	Southern Africa
11	Gambia	65%	Western Africa
12	Congo	64%	Middle Africa
=13	Nigeria	64%	Western Africa
=13	South Africa	64%	Southern Africa
15	Morocco	63%	Northern Africa
16	Mauritania	62%	Western Africa
17	Ghana	59%	Western Africa
18	Liberia	56%	Western Africa
19	Senegal	56%	Western Africa
20	Cameroon	56%	Middle Africa
21	Somalia	55%	Eastern Africa
22	Côte d'Ivoire	55%	Western Africa
23	Benin	53%	Western Africa
24	Namibia	51%	Southern Africa
25	Guinea-Bissau	47%	Western Africa
=26	Sierra Leone	46%	Western Africa
=26	Zambia	46%	Eastern Africa
28	Seychelles	46%	Eastern Africa
29	DR Congo	45%	Middle Africa
30	Lesotho	45%	Southern Africa
31	Central African Republic	45%	Middle Africa
32	Togo	44%	Western Africa
33	Egypt	43%	Northern Africa
34	Zimbabwe	41%	Eastern Africa
35	Mauritius	39%	Eastern Africa
36	Guinea	39%	Western Africa
37	Mozambique	37%	Eastern Africa
38	Tanzania	37%	Eastern Africa
39	Sudan	35%	Northern Africa
40	Eritrea	35%	Eastern Africa
41	Comoros	34%	Eastern Africa
42	Madagascar	33%	Eastern Africa
=43	Kenya	32%	Eastern Africa
=43	Mali	32%	Western Africa
45	Uganda	32%	Eastern Africa
46	Rwanda	31%	Eastern Africa
47	Burkina Faso	29%	Western Africa
48	Chad	28%	Middle Africa
49	Eswatini	27%	Southern Africa
50	Burundi	26%	Eastern Africa
51	Ethiopia	24%	Eastern Africa
52	South Sudan	22%	Eastern Africa
53	Niger	18%	Western Africa
54	Malawi	18%	Eastern Africa

Questions

Which country in Africa has the most urban population?: Gabon has the most urban population in Africa: 92% urban (2025). Next come Libya (88% urban) and Cabo Verde (78% urban).
Which country in Africa has the most rural population?: Malawi, with 18% urban (2025).
What is the typical urban population of a country in Africa?: The median of the 54 countries in Africa is 46% urban: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: The share of people living in urban areas, as each country defines them — the World Bank does not impose one definition. Source: World Bank, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.