How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Tanzania?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Somalia vs Tanzania: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Somalia

14.5%

in 2025

Tanzania

14.2%

in 2025

Somalia rank

93rd

Tanzania rank

95th

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time

Somalia
Tanzania

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 14.5% against 14.2% in Tanzania, a difference of 0.3%.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.

Somalia ranks 93rd and Tanzania ranks 95th of 121 countries.

Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1960s	4.4%	2.3%	2.2%	Somalia
1970s	9.3%	4.0%	5.4%	Somalia
1980s	11.1%	5.7%	5.4%	Somalia
1990s	15.5%	6.9%	8.6%	Somalia
2000s	12.3%	8.6%	3.8%	Somalia
2010s	12.7%	11.3%	1.4%	Somalia
2020s	14.1%	13.5%	0.6%	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Somalia or Tanzania?: Somalia, at 14.5% against 14.2% in Tanzania as of 2025.
What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Somalia and Tanzania?: 0.3%, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Tanzania?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Somalia and Tanzania rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?: Somalia ranks 93rd and Tanzania ranks 95th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)
Unit: % of total population
Source: World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 158 places, 10,428 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.