Nigeria vs South Africa: Urban population
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Nigeria's Urban population was 146.53M, compared to South Africa's 40.77M. That makes Nigeria's value 259.4% higher than South Africa's.
Nigeria
Rank #6 of 217 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 146.53M
- Year-over-year
- +3.4%
- 10-year change
- +43.5%
- Peak
- 146.53M (2024)
- Trough
- 68.98M (2005)
South Africa
Rank #25 of 217 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 40.77M
- Year-over-year
- +1.4%
- 10-year change
- +16.1%
- Peak
- 40.77M (2024)
- Trough
- 29.61M (2005)
Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.URB.TOTL), CC BY 4.0.