Afghanistan vs Namibia: Share of population living in the capital city

Afghanistan
13.4%
in 2020
Namibia
13.4%
in 2020
Afghanistan rank
111th
Namibia rank
109th

Share of population living in the capital city over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Namibia
2.557.51012.515195019852020

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 13.4% against 13.4% in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 111th and Namibia ranks 109th of 170 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 3 and Namibia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Namibia Difference Ahead
1980s 10.7% 5.9% 4.7% Afghanistan
1990s 14.3% 7.8% 6.5% Afghanistan
2000s 13.5% 11.0% 2.4% Afghanistan
2010s 13.0% 13.2% 0.2% Namibia
2020s 13.4% 13.4% 0.1% Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of population living in the capital city, Afghanistan or Namibia?
Namibia, at 13.4% against 13.4% in Afghanistan as of 2020.
What is the difference in share of population living in the capital city between Afghanistan and Namibia?
0.0%, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Namibia?
9 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2020.
How do Afghanistan and Namibia rank globally for share of population living in the capital city?
Afghanistan ranks 111th and Namibia ranks 109th of 170 countries.
Where does this data come from?
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population living in the capital city. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Afghanistan vs Namibia: Share of population living in the capital city. Statizoid, drawing on European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/share-of-population-living-in-the-capital-city/afghanistan/namibia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/share-of-population-living-in-the-capital-city/afghanistan/namibia/">Afghanistan vs Namibia: Share of population living in the capital city</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of population living in the capital city
Unit
%
Source
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
170 places, 2,330 data points, 1950–2020
Last refreshed

Percentage of the total population living in the country's capital city. City boundaries are defined using a consistent global approach based on satellite imagery and population data.