Chad vs Papua New Guinea: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Chad
2.4%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
2.4%
in 2025
Chad rank
4th
Papua New Guinea rank
3rd
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Chad
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 2.4% against 2.4% in Chad, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Chad ranks 4th and Papua New Guinea ranks 3rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 5 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.7% | 7.0% | 3.3% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1960s | 5.4% | 10.8% | 5.4% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 5.4% | 3.0% | 2.4% | Chad |
| 1980s | 1.1% | 1.6% | 0.5% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.2% | -1.5% | 1.7% | Chad |
| 2000s | 0.1% | -0.2% | 0.3% | Chad |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.4% | Chad |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 0.0% | Chad |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Chad or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 2.4% against 2.4% in Chad as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Chad and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Papua New Guinea?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Chad and Papua New Guinea rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Chad ranks 4th and Papua New Guinea ranks 3rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – 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.