Malawi vs Niger: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Malawi
1.9%
in 2025
Niger
1.8%
in 2025
Malawi rank
13th
Niger rank
16th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Malawi
- Niger
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 1.9% against 1.8% in Niger, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Niger ahead.
Malawi ranks 13th and Niger ranks 16th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 6 and Niger in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Malawi |
| 1960s | 3.3% | 4.4% | 1.1% | Niger |
| 1970s | 4.9% | 4.4% | 0.5% | Malawi |
| 1980s | 2.4% | 1.3% | 1.1% | Malawi |
| 1990s | 2.5% | 0.4% | 2.0% | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Malawi |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Malawi or Niger?
- Malawi, at 1.9% against 1.8% in Niger as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Malawi and Niger?
- 0.1%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Niger?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Niger rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Malawi ranks 13th and Niger ranks 16th 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.