Bangladesh vs Benin: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Bangladesh
1.7%
in 2025
Benin
1.5%
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
18th
Benin rank
20th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Bangladesh
- Benin
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 1.7% against 1.5% in Benin, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Benin ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 18th and Benin ranks 20th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 4 and Benin in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Benin | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.7% | 3.7% | 1.9% | Benin |
| 1960s | 3.6% | 5.9% | 2.3% | Benin |
| 1970s | 6.8% | 4.5% | 2.3% | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 3.2% | 2.5% | 0.7% | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 1.6% | 1.0% | 0.6% | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0.6% | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.2% | Benin |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.5% | 0.2% | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Bangladesh or Benin?
- Bangladesh, at 1.7% against 1.5% in Benin as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Bangladesh and Benin?
- 0.2%, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Benin?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Bangladesh and Benin rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Bangladesh ranks 18th and Benin ranks 20th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.