Chad vs Eswatini: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Chad
27.6%
in 2025
Eswatini
26.7%
in 2025
Chad rank
218th
Eswatini rank
219th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Chad
- Eswatini
How they compare
Chad currently reports 27.6% against 26.7% in Eswatini, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Chad ahead.
Chad ranks 218th and Eswatini ranks 219th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 36 and Eswatini in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Eswatini | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Chad |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Chad |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Chad |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Chad |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Chad |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Chad |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Chad |
| 1700s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Chad |
| 1710s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Chad |
| 1720s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Chad |
| 1730s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | Chad |
| 1740s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.4% | Chad |
| 1750s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | Chad |
| 1760s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | Chad |
| 1770s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | Chad |
| 1780s | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.6% | Chad |
| 1790s | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% | Chad |
| 1800s | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.7% | Chad |
| 1810s | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% | Chad |
| 1820s | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% | Chad |
| 1830s | 1.5% | 0.6% | 0.9% | Chad |
| 1840s | 1.6% | 0.6% | 1.0% | Chad |
| 1850s | 1.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% | Chad |
| 1860s | 1.9% | 0.8% | 1.2% | Chad |
| 1870s | 2.1% | 0.8% | 1.3% | Chad |
| 1880s | 2.3% | 0.9% | 1.4% | Chad |
| 1890s | 2.5% | 1.0% | 1.5% | Chad |
| 1900s | 2.8% | 1.1% | 1.7% | Chad |
| 1910s | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1.8% | Chad |
| 1920s | 3.3% | 1.3% | 2.0% | Chad |
| 1930s | 3.6% | 1.5% | 2.2% | Chad |
| 1940s | 4.0% | 1.6% | 2.4% | Chad |
| 1950s | 5.2% | 2.3% | 2.9% | Chad |
| 1960s | 8.4% | 6.4% | 2.0% | Chad |
| 1970s | 15.1% | 13.9% | 1.2% | Chad |
| 1980s | 20.2% | 21.6% | 1.4% | Eswatini |
| 1990s | 21.5% | 23.0% | 1.6% | Eswatini |
| 2000s | 21.7% | 22.4% | 0.6% | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 22.8% | 23.2% | 0.4% | Eswatini |
| 2020s | 26.1% | 25.6% | 0.4% | Chad |
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, Chad or Eswatini?
- Chad, at 27.6% against 26.7% in Eswatini as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Chad and Eswatini?
- 0.9%, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Eswatini?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Chad and Eswatini rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Chad ranks 218th and Eswatini ranks 219th 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 modelled historical data.