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Canada vs South Africa: Urban population

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

In , Canada's Urban population was 34.15M, compared to South Africa's 40.77M. That makes Canada's value 16.2% lower than South Africa's.

Canada

Rank #29 of 217 globally

Canada trend
Latest (2024)
34.15M
Year-over-year
+3.2%
10-year change
+18.7%
Peak
34.15M (2024)
Trough
25.79M (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.