Urban population
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 215
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
United Nations
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wup/, note: United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects, National definitions, publisher: UN Population Division
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World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2025 | 25.94 | percent |
| Albania | 2025 | 58.87 | percent |
| Algeria | 2025 | 75.82 | percent |
| American Samoa | 2025 | 80.51 | percent |
| Andorra | 2025 | 88.95 | percent |
| Angola | 2025 | 71.46 | percent |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2025 | 24.33 | percent |
| Argentina | 2025 | 92.35 | percent |
| Armenia | 2025 | 65.93 | percent |
| Aruba | 2025 | 61.75 | percent |
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