Sub-Saharan Africa
Urban population

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Nigeria leads Urban population in 2025 at 151.48M, while Seychelles sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 55,821. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.038 M76 M114 M151 MNigeriaNigeria: 151.48M151 MCongo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 50.90M51 MSouth AfricaSouth Africa: 41.32M41 MEthiopiaEthiopia: 32.66M33 MAngolaAngola: 27.90M28 MTanzaniaTanzania: 26.02M26 MGhanaGhana: 20.66M21 MKenyaKenya: 18.53M19 MSudanSudan: 18.05M18 MCote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire: 17.84M18 MCameroonCameroon: 16.63M17 MUgandaUganda: 16.41M16 M

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Nigeria 151.48M
2 Congo, Dem. Rep. 50.90M
3 South Africa 41.32M
4 Ethiopia 32.66M
5 Angola 27.90M
6 Tanzania 26.02M
7 Ghana 20.66M
8 Kenya 18.53M
9 Sudan 18.05M
10 Cote d'Ivoire 17.84M
11 Cameroon 16.63M
12 Uganda 16.41M
13 Mozambique 13.26M
14 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 10.84M
15 Madagascar 10.77M
16 Senegal 10.56M
17 Zambia 10.06M
18 Mali 8.12M
19 Benin 7.91M
20 Burkina Faso 6.96M
21 Zimbabwe 6.86M
22 Guinea 5.82M
23 Chad 5.79M
24 Niger 5.13M
25 Rwanda 4.50M
26 Congo, Rep. 4.16M
27 Sierra Leone 4.05M
28 Malawi 3.91M
29 Togo 3.81M
30 Burundi 3.70M
31 Mauritania 3.27M
32 Liberia 3.21M
33 South Sudan 2.64M
34 Central African Republic 2.46M
35 Gabon 2.39M
36 Gambia, The 1.83M
37 Botswana 1.74M
38 Namibia 1.57M
39 Equatorial Guinea 1.39M
40 Eritrea 1.25M
41 Lesotho 1.06M
42 Guinea-Bissau 1.05M
43 Mauritius 485,519
44 Cabo Verde 409,364
45 Eswatini 335,667
46 Comoros 299,652
47 Sao Tome and Principe 166,189
48 Seychelles 55,821

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Urban population in 2025, Nigeria leads with a gap of 100.58M to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 48 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Seychelles at 55,821.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.