Madagascar vs Mali: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Madagascar
32.9%
in 2025
Mali
32.2%
in 2025
Madagascar rank
206th
Mali rank
207th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Madagascar
- Mali
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 32.9% against 32.2% in Mali, a difference of 0.7%.
Across all 108 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 206th and Mali ranks 207th of 238 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1700s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1710s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1720s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1730s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1740s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1750s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1760s | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1770s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1780s | 1.7% | 1.6% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1790s | 1.8% | 1.8% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1800s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1810s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1820s | 2.4% | 2.4% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1830s | 2.6% | 2.6% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1840s | 2.9% | 2.8% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1850s | 3.1% | 3.1% | 0.0% | Madagascar |
| 1860s | 3.4% | 3.4% | 0.1% | Madagascar |
| 1870s | 3.8% | 3.7% | 0.1% | Madagascar |
| 1880s | 4.1% | 4.1% | 0.1% | Madagascar |
| 1890s | 4.5% | 4.4% | 0.1% | Madagascar |
| 1900s | 4.9% | 4.9% | 0.1% | Madagascar |
| 1910s | 5.4% | 5.3% | 0.1% | Madagascar |
| 1920s | 5.9% | 5.8% | 0.1% | Madagascar |
| 1930s | 6.5% | 6.4% | 0.1% | Madagascar |
| 1940s | 7.1% | 7.0% | 0.1% | Madagascar |
| 1950s | 9.2% | 5.4% | 3.7% | Madagascar |
| 1960s | 12.3% | 8.7% | 3.6% | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 16.2% | 12.3% | 3.9% | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 20.1% | 15.3% | 4.8% | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 23.3% | 17.6% | 5.7% | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 26.3% | 20.7% | 5.6% | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 29.0% | 25.6% | 3.4% | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 31.8% | 30.7% | 1.1% | Madagascar |
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, Madagascar or Mali?
- Madagascar, at 32.9% against 32.2% in Mali as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Madagascar and Mali?
- 0.7%, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Mali?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Madagascar and Mali rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Madagascar ranks 206th 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.