Sub-Saharan Africa
Urban population (% of total population)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Gabon leads Urban population (% of total population) in 2025 at 92, while Malawi sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 18. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

Country table

#	Country	Value
1	Gabon	92
2	Cabo Verde	78
3	Equatorial Guinea	72
4	Angola	71
5	Sao Tome and Principe	69
6	Botswana	68
7	Gambia, The	65
8	Congo, Rep.	64
9	South Africa	64
10	Nigeria	64
11	Mauritania	61
12	Ghana	59
13	Liberia	56
14	Senegal	56
15	Cameroon	56
16	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	55
17	Cote d'Ivoire	55
18	Benin	53
19	Namibia	51
20	Guinea-Bissau	47
21	Sierra Leone	46
22	Zambia	46
23	Seychelles	45
24	Congo, Dem. Rep.	45
25	Lesotho	45
26	Central African Republic	45
27	Togo	44
28	Zimbabwe	40
29	Mauritius	39
30	Guinea	39
31	Mozambique	37
32	Tanzania	37
33	Sudan	35
34	Eritrea	35
35	Comoros	34
36	Madagascar	33
37	Mali	32
38	Kenya	32
39	Uganda	32
40	Rwanda	31
41	Burkina Faso	29
42	Chad	28
43	Eswatini	27
44	Burundi	26
45	Ethiopia	24
46	South Sudan	22
47	Niger	18
48	Malawi	18

Analytical takeaways

Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Urban population (% of total population) in 2025, Gabon leads with a gap of 14 to the next country.
The peer set on this page covers 48 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Malawi at 18.
This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.

Next transitions

Global indicator page Gabon · 92 Cabo Verde · 78 Equatorial Guinea · 72 Angola · 71

Related landing pages

Sub-Saharan Africa Highest · Urban population (% of total population) Top 10 most urbanized countries

Group leaders snapshot

Gabon · 92 Cabo Verde · 78 Equatorial Guinea · 72 Angola · 71 Sao Tome and Principe · 69 Botswana · 68