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Australia vs South Africa: Urban population

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Australia's Urban population was 23.82M, compared to South Africa's 40.77M. That makes Australia's value 41.6% lower than South Africa's.

Australia

Rank #40 of 217 globally

Australia trend
Latest (2024)
23.82M
Year-over-year
+2.1%
10-year change
+17.0%
Peak
23.82M (2024)
Trough
17.28M (2005)

South Africa

Rank #25 of 217 globally

South Africa trend
Latest (2024)
40.77M
Year-over-year
+1.4%
10-year change
+16.1%
Peak
40.77M (2024)
Trough
29.61M (2005)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.URB.TOTL), CC BY 4.0.