Cape Verde vs Gambia: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Cape Verde
1.1%
in 2025
Gambia
1.1%
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
36th
Gambia rank
37th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Cape Verde
- Gambia
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 1.1% against 1.1% in Gambia, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Gambia ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 36th and Gambia ranks 37th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 5 and Gambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -0.5% | -1.4% | 0.9% | Cape Verde |
| 1960s | 10.6% | 3.3% | 7.4% | Cape Verde |
| 1970s | 2.0% | 7.3% | 5.3% | Gambia |
| 1980s | 6.3% | 2.8% | 3.5% | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 2.1% | 2.8% | 0.7% | Gambia |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.9% | 0.5% | Gambia |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.1% | 0.6% | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.4% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Cape Verde or Gambia?
- Cape Verde, at 1.1% against 1.1% in Gambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Cape Verde and Gambia?
- 0.0%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Gambia?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Gambia rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Cape Verde ranks 36th and Gambia ranks 37th 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.