Egypt vs Sweden: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Egypt
0.3%
in 2025
Sweden
0.2%
in 2025
Egypt rank
122nd
Sweden rank
125th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Egypt
- Sweden
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 0.3% against 0.2% in Sweden, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 122nd and Sweden ranks 125th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.9% | 1.1% | 0.7% | Egypt |
| 1960s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.1% | Egypt |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Egypt |
| 1980s | -0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 1990s | -0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 2010s | -0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Egypt or Sweden?
- Egypt, at 0.3% against 0.2% in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Egypt and Sweden?
- 0.1%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Sweden?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Sweden rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Egypt ranks 122nd and Sweden ranks 125th 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.