Urban population (% of total population)

Share of the population living in areas classified as urban according to each country's national statistical office definition.

Data table

Year	World (%)
1960	34.23
1961	34.51
1962	34.4
1963	34.56
1964	35.15
1965	35.35
1966	35.58
1967	35.81
1968	36.04
1969	36.25
1970	36.45
1971	36.65
1972	36.88
1973	37.16
1974	37.41
1975	37.7
1976	37.99
1977	38.29
1978	38.64
1979	39.13
1980	39.48
1981	39.87
1982	40.15
1983	40.57
1984	41.06
1985	41.39
1986	41.75
1987	42.11
1988	42.4
1989	42.67
1990	42.83
1991	43.17
1992	43.45
1993	43.73
1994	44.02
1995	44.31
1996	44.8
1997	45.3
1998	45.8
1999	46.29
2000	46.84
2001	47.3
2002	47.83
2003	48.36
2004	48.87
2005	49.36
2006	49.87
2007	50.42
2008	50.88
2009	51.37
2010	51.76
2011	52.46
2012	52.92
2013	53.43
2014	53.91
2015	54.43
2016	54.89
2017	55.32
2018	55.75
2019	56.14
2020	56.44
2021	56.81
2022	57.07
2023	57.31
2024	57.57
2025	57.83

Per-source values, 2025

Caveats

National urban/rural definitions vary by country; Nepal's 2017 reclassification of many rural VDCs into urban municipalities caused a step change unrelated to actual migration.