Benin vs Eswatini: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Benin
1.5%
in 2025
Eswatini
1.8%
in 2025
Benin rank
20th
Eswatini rank
17th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Benin
- Eswatini
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 1.8% against 1.5% in Benin, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.2 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Eswatini ahead.
Benin ranks 20th and Eswatini ranks 17th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 4 and Eswatini in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Eswatini | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.7% | 11.4% | 7.8% | Eswatini |
| 1960s | 5.9% | 9.2% | 3.3% | Eswatini |
| 1970s | 4.5% | 6.4% | 1.9% | Eswatini |
| 1980s | 2.5% | 2.3% | 0.2% | Benin |
| 1990s | 1.0% | -0.0% | 1.0% | Benin |
| 2000s | 1.1% | -0.3% | 1.4% | Benin |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.5% | Benin |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.6% | 0.1% | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Benin or Eswatini?
- Eswatini, at 1.8% against 1.5% in Benin as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Benin and Eswatini?
- 0.3%, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Eswatini?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Benin and Eswatini rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Benin ranks 20th and Eswatini ranks 17th 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.