Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Austria

Urban population share in Austria in 2025 — 69.7%. Ranked 91 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 19.8 pp.

2025 69.7% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 91of 217
Period maximum 69.7%2025
Period minimum 49.9%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Austria, 1960–202545505560657019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 49.9%1962: 50.1%1964: 50.4%1966: 50.8%1968: 51.2%1970: 51.7%1972: 52.1%1974: 52.6%1976: 53.2%1978: 53.9%1980: 54.7%1982: 55.8%1984: 57.7%1986: 60.1%1988: 62.4%1990: 64.1%1992: 64.9%1994: 65.6%1996: 66.1%1998: 66.5%2000: 66.8%2002: 66.9%2004: 67%2006: 67%2008: 67%2010: 67.1%2012: 67.2%2014: 67.4%2016: 67.7%2018: 68.1%2020: 68.5%2022: 69%2024: 69.5%2025: 69.7%
Change over the period: +19.8 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Austria 69.7%
World 57.8%
Western Europe computed 82.2%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Austria, by year Austria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 69.7 +0.2 pp
2024 69.5 +0.2 pp
2023 69.2 +0.2 pp
2022 69 +0.2 pp
2021 68.8 +0.2 pp
2020 68.5 +0.2 pp
2019 68.3 +0.2 pp
2018 68.1 +0.2 pp
2017 67.9 +0.2 pp
2016 67.7 +0.2 pp
2015 67.6 +0.1 pp
2014 67.4 +0.1 pp
2013 67.3 +0.1 pp
2012 67.2 +0.1 pp
2011 67.1 +0 pp
2010 67.1 +0 pp
2009 67.1 +0 pp
2008 67 +0 pp
2007 67 +0 pp
2006 67 +0 pp
2005 67 +0 pp
2004 67 +0 pp
2003 66.9 +0 pp
2002 66.9 +0 pp
2001 66.8 +0.1 pp
2000 66.8 +0.1 pp
1999 66.7 +0.1 pp
1998 66.5 +0.2 pp
1997 66.3 +0.2 pp
1996 66.1 +0.2 pp
1995 65.9 +0.3 pp
1994 65.6 +0.3 pp
1993 65.3 +0.3 pp
1992 64.9 +0.3 pp
1991 64.6 +0.5 pp
1990 64.1 +0.8 pp
1989 63.4 +1 pp
1988 62.4 +1.1 pp
1987 61.3 +1.2 pp
1986 60.1 +1.2 pp
1985 58.9 +1.2 pp
1984 57.7 +1.1 pp
1983 56.7 +0.9 pp
1982 55.8 +0.7 pp
1981 55.1 +0.5 pp
1980 54.7 +0.4 pp
1979 54.3 +0.4 pp
1978 53.9 +0.3 pp
1977 53.5 +0.3 pp
1976 53.2 +0.3 pp
1975 52.9 +0.3 pp
1974 52.6 +0.3 pp
1973 52.4 +0.2 pp
1972 52.1 +0.2 pp
1971 51.9 +0.2 pp
1970 51.7 +0.2 pp
1969 51.4 +0.2 pp
1968 51.2 +0.2 pp
1967 51 +0.2 pp
1966 50.8 +0.2 pp
1965 50.6 +0.2 pp
1964 50.4 +0.2 pp
1963 50.3 +0.1 pp
1962 50.1 +0.1 pp
1961 50 +0.1 pp
1960 49.9

Western Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.