Comoros vs Mali: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Comoros
33.9%
in 2025
Mali
32.2%
in 2025
Comoros rank
204th
Mali rank
207th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Comoros
- Mali
How they compare
Comoros currently reports 33.9% against 32.2% in Mali, a difference of 1.7%.
That makes Comoros's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Mali ahead.
Comoros ranks 204th and Mali ranks 207th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 8 and Mali in 32.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mali |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mali |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mali |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mali |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Mali |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Mali |
| 1600s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Mali |
| 1700s | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Mali |
| 1710s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.1% | Mali |
| 1720s | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | Mali |
| 1730s | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Mali |
| 1740s | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.2% | Mali |
| 1750s | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.2% | Mali |
| 1760s | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.2% | Mali |
| 1770s | 1.3% | 1.5% | 0.2% | Mali |
| 1780s | 1.4% | 1.6% | 0.3% | Mali |
| 1790s | 1.5% | 1.8% | 0.3% | Mali |
| 1800s | 1.7% | 2.0% | 0.3% | Mali |
| 1810s | 1.8% | 2.1% | 0.3% | Mali |
| 1820s | 2.0% | 2.4% | 0.4% | Mali |
| 1830s | 2.2% | 2.6% | 0.4% | Mali |
| 1840s | 2.4% | 2.8% | 0.4% | Mali |
| 1850s | 2.6% | 3.1% | 0.5% | Mali |
| 1860s | 2.9% | 3.4% | 0.5% | Mali |
| 1870s | 3.1% | 3.7% | 0.6% | Mali |
| 1880s | 3.4% | 4.1% | 0.6% | Mali |
| 1890s | 3.7% | 4.4% | 0.7% | Mali |
| 1900s | 4.1% | 4.9% | 0.8% | Mali |
| 1910s | 4.5% | 5.3% | 0.8% | Mali |
| 1920s | 4.9% | 5.8% | 0.9% | Mali |
| 1930s | 5.4% | 6.4% | 1.0% | Mali |
| 1940s | 5.9% | 7.0% | 1.1% | Mali |
| 1950s | 9.4% | 5.4% | 4.0% | Comoros |
| 1960s | 16.7% | 8.7% | 8.0% | Comoros |
| 1970s | 21.3% | 12.3% | 9.0% | Comoros |
| 1980s | 25.7% | 15.3% | 10.4% | Comoros |
| 1990s | 28.3% | 17.6% | 10.8% | Comoros |
| 2000s | 28.1% | 20.7% | 7.4% | Comoros |
| 2010s | 30.2% | 25.6% | 4.6% | Comoros |
| 2020s | 33.0% | 30.7% | 2.3% | Comoros |
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, Comoros or Mali?
- Comoros, at 33.9% against 32.2% in Mali as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Comoros and Mali?
- 1.7%, with Comoros ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Mali?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Comoros and Mali rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Comoros ranks 204th and Mali ranks 207th 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.