Nigeria vs South Africa: Urban population growth (annual %)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Nigeria's Urban population growth (annual %) was 3.36, compared to South Africa's 1.42. That makes Nigeria's value 136.6% higher than South Africa's.
Nigeria
Rank #34 of 217 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 3.36
- Year-over-year
- -1.0%
- 10-year change
- -18.5%
- Peak
- 4.61 (2005)
- Trough
- 3.36 (2024)
South Africa
Rank #99 of 217 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 1.42
- Year-over-year
- -4.9%
- 10-year change
- -20.7%
- Peak
- 2.23 (2005)
- Trough
- 0.74 (2017)
Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.URB.GROW), CC BY 4.0.