Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Republic of the Congo

Urban population share in the Republic of the Congo in 2025 — 64.1%. Ranked 110 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 27.4 pp.

2025 64.1% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 110of 217
Period maximum 64.1%2025
Period minimum 36.7%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Republic of the Congo, 1960–2025304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 36.7%1962: 37%1964: 37.2%1966: 37.4%1968: 37.8%1970: 38.3%1972: 38.9%1974: 39.6%1976: 41.2%1978: 43.8%1980: 46.8%1982: 49.6%1984: 51.6%1986: 52.9%1988: 53.8%1990: 54.6%1992: 55.3%1994: 56%1996: 56.8%1998: 57.8%2000: 58.9%2002: 60%2004: 60.9%2006: 61.6%2008: 62%2010: 62.4%2012: 62.7%2014: 63%2016: 63.3%2018: 63.4%2020: 63.6%2022: 63.6%2024: 63.9%2025: 64.1%
Change over the period: +27.4 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 64.1%
World 57.8%
Middle Africa computed 50.9%
Urban population share — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 64.1 +0.2 pp
2024 63.9 +0.2 pp
2023 63.7 +0 pp
2022 63.6 +0 pp
2021 63.6 +0 pp
2020 63.6 +0.1 pp
2019 63.5 +0.1 pp
2018 63.4 +0.1 pp
2017 63.4 +0.1 pp
2016 63.3 +0.1 pp
2015 63.1 +0.1 pp
2014 63 +0.1 pp
2013 62.9 +0.1 pp
2012 62.7 +0.2 pp
2011 62.6 +0.2 pp
2010 62.4 +0.2 pp
2009 62.2 +0.2 pp
2008 62 +0.2 pp
2007 61.9 +0.2 pp
2006 61.6 +0.3 pp
2005 61.3 +0.4 pp
2004 60.9 +0.5 pp
2003 60.5 +0.5 pp
2002 60 +0.5 pp
2001 59.4 +0.5 pp
2000 58.9 +0.5 pp
1999 58.3 +0.5 pp
1998 57.8 +0.5 pp
1997 57.3 +0.5 pp
1996 56.8 +0.4 pp
1995 56.4 +0.4 pp
1994 56 +0.4 pp
1993 55.6 +0.4 pp
1992 55.3 +0.4 pp
1991 54.9 +0.4 pp
1990 54.6 +0.4 pp
1989 54.2 +0.4 pp
1988 53.8 +0.4 pp
1987 53.4 +0.5 pp
1986 52.9 +0.5 pp
1985 52.3 +0.7 pp
1984 51.6 +0.9 pp
1983 50.7 +1.2 pp
1982 49.6 +1.3 pp
1981 48.2 +1.5 pp
1980 46.8 +1.5 pp
1979 45.3 +1.5 pp
1978 43.8 +1.4 pp
1977 42.4 +1.2 pp
1976 41.2 +1 pp
1975 40.2 +0.6 pp
1974 39.6 +0.4 pp
1973 39.2 +0.3 pp
1972 38.9 +0.3 pp
1971 38.6 +0.3 pp
1970 38.3 +0.3 pp
1969 38.1 +0.2 pp
1968 37.8 +0.2 pp
1967 37.6 +0.2 pp
1966 37.4 +0.2 pp
1965 37.3 +0.1 pp
1964 37.2 +0.1 pp
1963 37.1 +0.1 pp
1962 37 +0 pp
1961 37 +0.3 pp
1960 36.7

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.