# Urban population share in World

Urban population share in World was 57.8% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `urban_population_share`
- Place id: `world`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in urban areas, as each national statistical office defines them, as a percentage of total population. World Bank series based on the UN World Urbanization Prospects.
- Note: Countries define urban areas differently, so shares are only roughly comparable between countries.
- Source: World Bank, Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/urban-population/world
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/urban-population/world.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=urban_population_share&place=world

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 57.8 |
| 2024 | 57.6 |
| 2023 | 57.3 |
| 2022 | 57.1 |
| 2021 | 56.8 |
| 2020 | 56.4 |
| 2019 | 56.1 |
| 2018 | 55.8 |
| 2017 | 55.3 |
| 2016 | 54.9 |
| 2015 | 54.4 |
| 2014 | 53.9 |
| 2013 | 53.4 |
| 2012 | 52.9 |
| 2011 | 52.5 |
| 2010 | 51.8 |
| 2009 | 51.4 |
| 2008 | 50.9 |
| 2007 | 50.4 |
| 2006 | 49.9 |
| 2005 | 49.4 |
| 2004 | 48.9 |
| 2003 | 48.4 |
| 2002 | 47.8 |
| 2001 | 47.3 |
| 2000 | 46.8 |
| 1999 | 46.3 |
| 1998 | 45.8 |
| 1997 | 45.3 |
| 1996 | 44.8 |
| 1995 | 44.3 |
| 1994 | 44 |
| 1993 | 43.7 |
| 1992 | 43.4 |
| 1991 | 43.2 |
| 1990 | 42.8 |
| 1989 | 42.7 |
| 1988 | 42.4 |
| 1987 | 42.1 |
| 1986 | 41.8 |
| 1985 | 41.4 |
| 1984 | 41.1 |
| 1983 | 40.6 |
| 1982 | 40.2 |
| 1981 | 39.9 |
| 1980 | 39.5 |
| 1979 | 39.1 |
| 1978 | 38.6 |
| 1977 | 38.3 |
| 1976 | 38 |
| 1975 | 37.7 |
| 1974 | 37.4 |
| 1973 | 37.2 |
| 1972 | 36.9 |
| 1971 | 36.7 |
| 1970 | 36.4 |
| 1969 | 36.3 |
| 1968 | 36 |
| 1967 | 35.8 |
| 1966 | 35.6 |
| 1965 | 35.4 |
| 1964 | 35.1 |
| 1963 | 34.6 |
| 1962 | 34.4 |
| 1961 | 34.5 |
| 1960 | 34.2 |