Australia vs Western Sahara: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Australia
87.7%
in 2025
Western Sahara
86.9%
in 2025
Australia rank
49th
Western Sahara rank
52nd
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Australia
- Western Sahara
How they compare
Australia currently reports 87.7% against 86.9% in Western Sahara, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 49th and Western Sahara ranks 52nd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 38 and Western Sahara in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Western Sahara | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Australia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Australia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Australia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Australia |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Australia |
| 1500s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Australia |
| 1600s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Australia |
| 1700s | 1.6% | 0.1% | 1.5% | Australia |
| 1710s | 1.9% | 0.1% | 1.8% | Australia |
| 1720s | 2.2% | 0.2% | 2.1% | Australia |
| 1730s | 2.6% | 0.2% | 2.4% | Australia |
| 1740s | 3.0% | 0.3% | 2.8% | Australia |
| 1750s | 3.5% | 0.4% | 3.2% | Australia |
| 1760s | 4.1% | 0.4% | 3.7% | Australia |
| 1770s | 4.8% | 0.6% | 4.3% | Australia |
| 1780s | 5.6% | 0.7% | 4.9% | Australia |
| 1790s | 6.6% | 0.9% | 5.7% | Australia |
| 1800s | 7.7% | 1.1% | 6.6% | Australia |
| 1810s | 8.9% | 1.4% | 7.6% | Australia |
| 1820s | 10.4% | 1.7% | 8.7% | Australia |
| 1830s | 12.2% | 2.1% | 10.0% | Australia |
| 1840s | 14.2% | 2.7% | 11.5% | Australia |
| 1850s | 16.6% | 3.3% | 13.2% | Australia |
| 1860s | 19.3% | 4.2% | 15.2% | Australia |
| 1870s | 22.5% | 5.2% | 17.3% | Australia |
| 1880s | 26.3% | 6.5% | 19.8% | Australia |
| 1890s | 30.7% | 8.1% | 22.6% | Australia |
| 1900s | 35.8% | 10.2% | 25.7% | Australia |
| 1910s | 41.8% | 12.7% | 29.1% | Australia |
| 1920s | 48.7% | 15.9% | 32.9% | Australia |
| 1930s | 56.9% | 19.8% | 37.0% | Australia |
| 1940s | 66.3% | 24.8% | 41.5% | Australia |
| 1950s | 78.8% | 31.1% | 47.7% | Australia |
| 1960s | 83.0% | 34.0% | 48.9% | Australia |
| 1970s | 85.8% | 54.9% | 30.9% | Australia |
| 1980s | 85.5% | 82.0% | 3.5% | Australia |
| 1990s | 85.3% | 85.4% | 0.1% | Western Sahara |
| 2000s | 85.6% | 86.1% | 0.5% | Western Sahara |
| 2010s | 86.8% | 86.5% | 0.3% | Australia |
| 2020s | 87.4% | 86.8% | 0.7% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050, Australia or Western Sahara?
- Australia, at 87.7% against 86.9% in Western Sahara as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Australia and Western Sahara?
- 0.8%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Western Sahara?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Western Sahara rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Australia ranks 49th and Western Sahara ranks 52nd of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.