Namibia vs Romania: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Namibia
50.9%
in 2025
Romania
52.2%
in 2025
Namibia rank
169th
Romania rank
166th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Namibia
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 52.2% against 50.9% in Namibia, a difference of 1.3%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Namibia ahead.
Namibia ranks 169th and Romania ranks 166th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 28 and Romania in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Romania | 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 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Namibia |
| 1700s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Namibia |
| 1710s | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | Namibia |
| 1720s | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% | Namibia |
| 1730s | 1.8% | 1.0% | 0.8% | Namibia |
| 1740s | 2.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | Namibia |
| 1750s | 2.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% | Namibia |
| 1760s | 2.4% | 1.0% | 1.4% | Namibia |
| 1770s | 2.6% | 1.0% | 1.6% | Namibia |
| 1780s | 2.9% | 1.0% | 1.9% | Namibia |
| 1790s | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2.1% | Namibia |
| 1800s | 3.4% | 1.0% | 2.4% | Namibia |
| 1810s | 3.8% | 1.1% | 2.6% | Namibia |
| 1820s | 4.1% | 1.4% | 2.7% | Namibia |
| 1830s | 4.5% | 1.8% | 2.7% | Namibia |
| 1840s | 4.9% | 2.2% | 2.7% | Namibia |
| 1850s | 5.4% | 2.8% | 2.6% | Namibia |
| 1860s | 5.9% | 3.5% | 2.5% | Namibia |
| 1870s | 6.5% | 4.3% | 2.2% | Namibia |
| 1880s | 7.1% | 5.4% | 1.7% | Namibia |
| 1890s | 7.8% | 6.7% | 1.0% | Namibia |
| 1900s | 8.5% | 8.4% | 0.1% | Namibia |
| 1910s | 9.3% | 10.5% | 1.2% | Romania |
| 1920s | 10.2% | 13.2% | 3.0% | Romania |
| 1930s | 11.2% | 16.5% | 5.3% | Romania |
| 1940s | 12.2% | 20.6% | 8.4% | Romania |
| 1950s | 19.1% | 29.8% | 10.6% | Romania |
| 1960s | 24.2% | 37.5% | 13.3% | Romania |
| 1970s | 25.3% | 45.8% | 20.6% | Romania |
| 1980s | 26.1% | 52.1% | 26.0% | Romania |
| 1990s | 28.7% | 53.8% | 25.1% | Romania |
| 2000s | 36.2% | 53.1% | 16.9% | Romania |
| 2010s | 45.1% | 53.6% | 8.6% | Romania |
| 2020s | 49.7% | 52.3% | 2.5% | Romania |
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, Namibia or Romania?
- Romania, at 52.2% against 50.9% in Namibia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Namibia and Romania?
- 1.3%, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Romania?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Namibia and Romania rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Namibia ranks 169th and Romania ranks 166th 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 modeled historical data.