Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Niger

Urban population share in Niger in 2025 — 18.4%. Ranked 213 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 12.7 pp.

2025 18.4% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 213of 217
Period maximum 18.4%2025
Period minimum 5.7%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Niger, 1960–20250510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.7%1962: 6%1964: 6.5%1966: 7.1%1968: 8%1970: 9.1%1972: 10.3%1974: 11.4%1976: 12.4%1978: 13.1%1980: 13.7%1982: 14.2%1984: 14.6%1986: 15%1988: 15.3%1990: 15.4%1992: 15.6%1994: 15.7%1996: 15.8%1998: 16%2000: 16.1%2002: 16.3%2004: 16.3%2006: 16.3%2008: 16.3%2010: 16.2%2012: 16.2%2014: 16.2%2016: 16.4%2018: 16.6%2020: 17%2022: 17.5%2024: 18%2025: 18.4%
Change over the period: +12.7 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Niger

Niger 18.4%
World 57.8%
Western Africa computed 54.2%
Low-income countries computed 35.6%
Urban population share — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.4 +0.3 pp
2024 18 +0.3 pp
2023 17.8 +0.3 pp
2022 17.5 +0.2 pp
2021 17.2 +0.2 pp
2020 17 +0.2 pp
2019 16.8 +0.2 pp
2018 16.6 +0.1 pp
2017 16.5 +0.1 pp
2016 16.4 +0.1 pp
2015 16.3 +0.1 pp
2014 16.2 +0 pp
2013 16.2 +0 pp
2012 16.2 −0 pp
2011 16.2 −0 pp
2010 16.2 −0 pp
2009 16.3 −0 pp
2008 16.3 −0 pp
2007 16.3 −0 pp
2006 16.3 −0 pp
2005 16.3 +0 pp
2004 16.3 +0 pp
2003 16.3 +0 pp
2002 16.3 −0 pp
2001 16.3 +0.1 pp
2000 16.1 +0.1 pp
1999 16.1 +0.1 pp
1998 16 +0.1 pp
1997 15.9 +0.1 pp
1996 15.8 +0 pp
1995 15.8 +0.1 pp
1994 15.7 +0.1 pp
1993 15.7 +0.1 pp
1992 15.6 +0.1 pp
1991 15.5 +0.1 pp
1990 15.4 +0.1 pp
1989 15.4 +0.1 pp
1988 15.3 +0.1 pp
1987 15.1 +0.1 pp
1986 15 +0.2 pp
1985 14.8 +0.2 pp
1984 14.6 +0.2 pp
1983 14.4 +0.2 pp
1982 14.2 +0.2 pp
1981 14 +0.3 pp
1980 13.7 +0.3 pp
1979 13.4 +0.3 pp
1978 13.1 +0.3 pp
1977 12.8 +0.4 pp
1976 12.4 +0.5 pp
1975 12 +0.5 pp
1974 11.4 +0.6 pp
1973 10.9 +0.6 pp
1972 10.3 +0.6 pp
1971 9.7 +0.6 pp
1970 9.1 +0.6 pp
1969 8.5 +0.5 pp
1968 8 +0.5 pp
1967 7.5 +0.4 pp
1966 7.1 +0.3 pp
1965 6.8 +0.3 pp
1964 6.5 +0.3 pp
1963 6.2 +0.2 pp
1962 6 +0.1 pp
1961 5.9 +0.1 pp
1960 5.7

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.