What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Morocco and Nigeria?

0.0065 units per person, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Nigeria?

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

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Morocco vs Nigeria: Urban population, per capita

Morocco

0.6313 units per person

in 2025

Nigeria

0.6378 units per person

in 2025

Morocco rank

115th

Nigeria rank

112th

Urban population, per capita over time

Morocco
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.6378 units per person against 0.6313 units per person in Morocco, a difference of 0.0065 units per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 115th and Nigeria ranks 112th of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Morocco	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.3149 units per person	0.1683 units per person	0.1467 units per person	Morocco
1970s	0.3733 units per person	0.2338 units per person	0.1396 units per person	Morocco
1980s	0.4438 units per person	0.309 units per person	0.1348 units per person	Morocco
1990s	0.5119 units per person	0.3877 units per person	0.1242 units per person	Morocco
2000s	0.5541 units per person	0.4711 units per person	0.083 units per person	Morocco
2010s	0.6032 units per person	0.5532 units per person	0.0499 units per person	Morocco
2020s	0.6259 units per person	0.6177 units per person	0.0081 units per person	Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban population, per capita, Morocco or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 0.6378 units per person against 0.6313 units per person in Morocco as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Morocco and Nigeria?: 0.0065 units per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Nigeria?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Morocco and Nigeria rank globally for urban population, per capita?: Morocco ranks 115th and Nigeria ranks 112th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Urban population, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 14 September 2026

Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.