Niger vs Rwanda: Urban population growth

Niger
5.0%
in 2025
Rwanda
5.6%
in 2025
Niger rank
4th
Rwanda rank
3rd

Urban population growth over time

  • Niger
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 5.6% against 5.0% in Niger, a difference of 0.5%.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niger ahead.

Globally, Niger ranks 4th and Rwanda ranks 3rd of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban population growth (annual %)
Unit
annual %
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,129 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Annual urban population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear urban population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank total population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects.