Ecuador vs Nigeria: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Ecuador
63.4%
in 2025
Nigeria
63.8%
in 2025
Ecuador rank
129th
Nigeria rank
128th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Ecuador
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 63.8% against 63.4% in Ecuador, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 129th and Nigeria ranks 128th of 238 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Ecuador |
| 1500s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Ecuador |
| 1600s | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.6% | Ecuador |
| 1700s | 2.8% | 1.0% | 1.8% | Ecuador |
| 1710s | 3.1% | 1.1% | 2.0% | Ecuador |
| 1720s | 3.4% | 1.2% | 2.2% | Ecuador |
| 1730s | 3.7% | 1.3% | 2.4% | Ecuador |
| 1740s | 4.1% | 1.5% | 2.6% | Ecuador |
| 1750s | 4.5% | 1.6% | 2.9% | Ecuador |
| 1760s | 4.9% | 1.8% | 3.1% | Ecuador |
| 1770s | 5.4% | 1.9% | 3.4% | Ecuador |
| 1780s | 5.9% | 2.1% | 3.8% | Ecuador |
| 1790s | 6.4% | 2.3% | 4.1% | Ecuador |
| 1800s | 7.1% | 2.5% | 4.5% | Ecuador |
| 1810s | 7.7% | 2.8% | 5.0% | Ecuador |
| 1820s | 8.5% | 3.0% | 5.4% | Ecuador |
| 1830s | 9.3% | 3.3% | 5.9% | Ecuador |
| 1840s | 10.1% | 3.6% | 6.5% | Ecuador |
| 1850s | 11.1% | 4.0% | 7.1% | Ecuador |
| 1860s | 12.2% | 4.4% | 7.8% | Ecuador |
| 1870s | 13.3% | 4.8% | 8.6% | Ecuador |
| 1880s | 14.6% | 5.2% | 9.4% | Ecuador |
| 1890s | 16.0% | 5.7% | 10.3% | Ecuador |
| 1900s | 17.5% | 6.3% | 11.2% | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 19.2% | 6.9% | 12.3% | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 21.0% | 7.5% | 13.5% | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 23.0% | 8.2% | 14.8% | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 25.2% | 9.0% | 16.2% | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 31.3% | 11.7% | 19.6% | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 36.9% | 16.8% | 20.1% | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 42.1% | 23.4% | 18.8% | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 50.9% | 30.9% | 20.0% | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 57.8% | 38.8% | 19.1% | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 61.8% | 47.1% | 14.7% | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 62.9% | 55.3% | 7.6% | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 63.2% | 61.8% | 1.4% | Ecuador |
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, Ecuador or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 63.8% against 63.4% in Ecuador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Ecuador and Nigeria?
- 0.4%, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Nigeria?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Nigeria rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Ecuador ranks 129th and Nigeria ranks 128th 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.