Sierra Leone vs Togo: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Sierra Leone
1.2%
in 2025
Togo
1.3%
in 2025
Sierra Leone rank
30th
Togo rank
27th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
How they compare
Togo currently reports 1.3% against 1.2% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Togo's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 30th and Togo ranks 27th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 3 and Togo in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.4% | 3.5% | 0.1% | Togo |
| 1960s | 3.3% | 7.2% | 3.9% | Togo |
| 1970s | 2.3% | 1.5% | 0.7% | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.4% | Togo |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 1.4% | 0.8% | Togo |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | Togo |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Sierra Leone or Togo?
- Togo, at 1.3% against 1.2% in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Sierra Leone and Togo?
- 0.1%, with Togo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Togo?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Sierra Leone and Togo rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Sierra Leone ranks 30th 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.