Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Aruba

Urban population share in Aruba in 2025 — 61.7%. Ranked 121 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2.7 pp.

2025 61.7% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 121of 217
Period maximum 66.1%1981
Period minimum 59%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Aruba, 1960–202558606264666819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 59%1962: 59.2%1964: 59.7%1966: 60.5%1968: 61.4%1970: 62.4%1972: 63.4%1974: 64.4%1976: 65.2%1978: 65.8%1980: 66.1%1982: 66.1%1984: 65.9%1986: 65.8%1988: 65.6%1990: 65.4%1992: 65.4%1994: 65.4%1996: 65.4%1998: 65.4%2000: 65.4%2002: 65.3%2004: 65.1%2006: 64.8%2008: 64.5%2010: 64.2%2012: 63.8%2014: 63.4%2016: 63%2018: 62.5%2020: 62%2022: 61.9%2024: 61.8%2025: 61.7%
Change over the period: +2.7 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Aruba

Aruba 61.7%
World 57.8%
Caribbean computed 69%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Aruba, by year Aruba All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 61.7 −0 pp
2024 61.8 −0 pp
2023 61.8 −0 pp
2022 61.9 −0 pp
2021 61.9 −0.1 pp
2020 62 −0.3 pp
2019 62.3 −0.2 pp
2018 62.5 −0.2 pp
2017 62.8 −0.2 pp
2016 63 −0.2 pp
2015 63.2 −0.2 pp
2014 63.4 −0.2 pp
2013 63.6 −0.2 pp
2012 63.8 −0.2 pp
2011 64 −0.2 pp
2010 64.2 −0.2 pp
2009 64.3 −0.2 pp
2008 64.5 −0.2 pp
2007 64.7 −0.2 pp
2006 64.8 −0.1 pp
2005 65 −0.1 pp
2004 65.1 −0.1 pp
2003 65.2 −0.1 pp
2002 65.3 −0.1 pp
2001 65.3 −0 pp
2000 65.4 −0 pp
1999 65.4 −0 pp
1998 65.4 −0 pp
1997 65.4 −0 pp
1996 65.4 −0 pp
1995 65.4 −0 pp
1994 65.4 −0 pp
1993 65.4 −0 pp
1992 65.4 −0 pp
1991 65.4 −0 pp
1990 65.4 −0.1 pp
1989 65.5 −0.1 pp
1988 65.6 −0.1 pp
1987 65.7 −0.1 pp
1986 65.8 −0.1 pp
1985 65.9 −0.1 pp
1984 65.9 −0.1 pp
1983 66 −0.1 pp
1982 66.1 −0 pp
1981 66.1 +0 pp
1980 66.1 +0.1 pp
1979 66 +0.2 pp
1978 65.8 +0.3 pp
1977 65.5 +0.3 pp
1976 65.2 +0.4 pp
1975 64.8 +0.4 pp
1974 64.4 +0.5 pp
1973 63.9 +0.5 pp
1972 63.4 +0.5 pp
1971 62.9 +0.5 pp
1970 62.4 +0.5 pp
1969 61.9 +0.5 pp
1968 61.4 +0.5 pp
1967 60.9 +0.4 pp
1966 60.5 +0.4 pp
1965 60.1 +0.4 pp
1964 59.7 +0.3 pp
1963 59.4 +0.2 pp
1962 59.2 +0.1 pp
1961 59.1 +0 pp
1960 59

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.