Guinea-Bissau vs Namibia: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Guinea-Bissau
46.7%
in 2025
Namibia
50.9%
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau rank
172nd
Namibia rank
169th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 50.9% against 46.7% in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 4.2%.
That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Namibia ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 172nd and Namibia ranks 169th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 2 and Namibia in 38.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Namibia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Namibia |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Namibia |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 1.3% | 0.4% | Namibia |
| 1710s | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.4% | Namibia |
| 1720s | 1.2% | 1.7% | 0.5% | Namibia |
| 1730s | 1.3% | 1.8% | 0.5% | Namibia |
| 1740s | 1.4% | 2.0% | 0.6% | Namibia |
| 1750s | 1.6% | 2.2% | 0.6% | Namibia |
| 1760s | 1.7% | 2.4% | 0.7% | Namibia |
| 1770s | 1.9% | 2.6% | 0.7% | Namibia |
| 1780s | 2.1% | 2.9% | 0.8% | Namibia |
| 1790s | 2.3% | 3.1% | 0.9% | Namibia |
| 1800s | 2.5% | 3.4% | 0.9% | Namibia |
| 1810s | 2.7% | 3.8% | 1.0% | Namibia |
| 1820s | 3.0% | 4.1% | 1.1% | Namibia |
| 1830s | 3.3% | 4.5% | 1.2% | Namibia |
| 1840s | 3.6% | 4.9% | 1.4% | Namibia |
| 1850s | 3.9% | 5.4% | 1.5% | Namibia |
| 1860s | 4.3% | 5.9% | 1.6% | Namibia |
| 1870s | 4.7% | 6.5% | 1.8% | Namibia |
| 1880s | 5.1% | 7.1% | 2.0% | Namibia |
| 1890s | 5.6% | 7.8% | 2.2% | Namibia |
| 1900s | 6.1% | 8.5% | 2.4% | Namibia |
| 1910s | 6.7% | 9.3% | 2.6% | Namibia |
| 1920s | 7.4% | 10.2% | 2.8% | Namibia |
| 1930s | 8.1% | 11.2% | 3.1% | Namibia |
| 1940s | 8.8% | 12.2% | 3.4% | Namibia |
| 1950s | 11.7% | 19.1% | 7.4% | Namibia |
| 1960s | 14.3% | 24.2% | 10.0% | Namibia |
| 1970s | 15.7% | 25.3% | 9.6% | Namibia |
| 1980s | 23.6% | 26.1% | 2.5% | Namibia |
| 1990s | 34.5% | 28.7% | 5.8% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 38.2% | 36.2% | 2.0% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 41.9% | 45.1% | 3.1% | Namibia |
| 2020s | 45.4% | 49.7% | 4.3% | Namibia |
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, Guinea-Bissau or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 50.9% against 46.7% in Guinea-Bissau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Guinea-Bissau and Namibia?
- 4.2%, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Namibia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Namibia rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 172nd and Namibia ranks 169th 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.