Source data
Urban population shares from national definitions
Sources checked
Gabon’s urban share was 92.09% in 2025. Chad’s was 27.57%.
Urban population shares from national definitions
The underlying United Nations series uses each country’s definition of urban. Gabon, Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are selected countries within Central Africa.
| Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 2025 | 92.09 | Source 1 |
| Gabon | 2024 | 91.86 | Source 1 |
| Gabon | 2023 | 91.64 | Source 1 |
| Gabon | 2022 | 91.22 | Source 1 |
| Gabon | 2021 | 90.79 | Source 1 |
| Gabon | 2020 | 90.35 | Source 1 |
| Gabon | 2019 | 89.9 | Source 1 |
| Gabon | 2018 | 89.45 | Source 1 |
| Gabon | 2017 | 89.0 | Source 1 |
| Gabon | 2016 | 88.54 | Source 1 |
| Gabon | 2015 | 88.09 | Source 1 |
| Republic of the Congo | 2025 | 64.12 | Source 1 |
| Republic of the Congo | 2024 | 63.89 | Source 1 |
| Republic of the Congo | 2023 | 63.66 | Source 1 |
| Republic of the Congo | 2022 | 63.64 | Source 1 |
| Republic of the Congo | 2021 | 63.62 | Source 1 |
| Republic of the Congo | 2020 | 63.58 | Source 1 |
| Republic of the Congo | 2019 | 63.52 | Source 1 |
| Republic of the Congo | 2018 | 63.44 | Source 1 |
| Republic of the Congo | 2017 | 63.35 | Source 1 |
| Republic of the Congo | 2016 | 63.25 | Source 1 |
| Republic of the Congo | 2015 | 63.14 | Source 1 |
| Cameroon | 2025 | 55.67 | Source 1 |
| Cameroon | 2024 | 55.4 | Source 1 |
| Cameroon | 2023 | 55.13 | Source 1 |
| Cameroon | 2022 | 54.85 | Source 1 |
| Cameroon | 2021 | 54.55 | Source 1 |
| Cameroon | 2020 | 54.26 | Source 1 |
| Cameroon | 2019 | 53.95 | Source 1 |
| Cameroon | 2018 | 53.63 | Source 1 |
| Cameroon | 2017 | 53.31 | Source 1 |
| Cameroon | 2016 | 52.98 | Source 1 |
| Cameroon | 2015 | 52.64 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2025 | 45.11 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2024 | 44.75 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2023 | 44.38 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2022 | 44.0 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2021 | 43.63 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2020 | 43.25 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2019 | 42.87 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2018 | 42.49 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2017 | 42.11 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2016 | 41.73 | Source 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2015 | 41.34 | Source 1 |
| Central African Republic | 2025 | 44.55 | Source 1 |
| Central African Republic | 2024 | 44.12 | Source 1 |
| Central African Republic | 2023 | 43.7 | Source 1 |
| Central African Republic | 2022 | 43.28 | Source 1 |
| Central African Republic | 2021 | 42.85 | Source 1 |
| Central African Republic | 2020 | 42.31 | Source 1 |
| Central African Republic | 2019 | 41.78 | Source 1 |
| Central African Republic | 2018 | 41.28 | Source 1 |
| Central African Republic | 2017 | 40.82 | Source 1 |
| Central African Republic | 2016 | 40.38 | Source 1 |
| Central African Republic | 2015 | 39.98 | Source 1 |
| Chad | 2025 | 27.57 | Source 1 |
| Chad | 2024 | 26.93 | Source 1 |
| Chad | 2023 | 26.33 | Source 1 |
| Chad | 2022 | 25.76 | Source 1 |
| Chad | 2021 | 25.23 | Source 1 |
| Chad | 2020 | 24.73 | Source 1 |
| Chad | 2019 | 24.27 | Source 1 |
| Chad | 2018 | 23.85 | Source 1 |
| Chad | 2017 | 23.46 | Source 1 |
| Chad | 2016 | 23.11 | Source 1 |
| Chad | 2015 | 22.8 | Source 1 |