Nigeria vs Togo: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Nigeria
1.3%
in 2025
Togo
1.3%
in 2025
Nigeria rank
28th
Togo rank
27th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Nigeria
- Togo
How they compare
Togo currently reports 1.3% against 1.3% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Togo's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 28th and Togo ranks 27th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 6 and Togo in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.3% | 3.5% | 0.1% | Togo |
| 1960s | 3.5% | 7.2% | 3.7% | Togo |
| 1970s | 3.1% | 1.5% | 1.6% | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 2.5% | 1.5% | 1.0% | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 2.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.4% | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.1% | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Nigeria or Togo?
- Togo, at 1.3% against 1.3% in Nigeria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Nigeria and Togo?
- 0.0%, with Togo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Togo?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Nigeria and Togo rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Nigeria ranks 28th and Togo ranks 27th 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.