Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Azerbaijan

Urban population share in Azerbaijan in 2025 — 58.6%. Ranked 134 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 10.5 pp.

2025 58.6% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 134of 217
Period maximum 58.6%2025
Period minimum 48.1%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Azerbaijan, 1960–20254550556019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 48.1%1962: 49%1964: 49.5%1966: 49.6%1968: 50%1970: 50.2%1972: 50.7%1974: 51.6%1976: 52.4%1978: 52.9%1980: 53.2%1982: 53.2%1984: 53.1%1986: 53.4%1988: 53.7%1990: 53.7%1992: 52.9%1994: 52.5%1996: 52.1%1998: 51.5%2000: 51.1%2002: 51.2%2004: 52.3%2006: 52.7%2008: 53.1%2010: 53.3%2012: 53.8%2014: 54.6%2016: 55.8%2018: 57.2%2020: 58.3%2022: 58.4%2024: 58.6%2025: 58.6%
Change over the period: +10.5 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Azerbaijan 58.6%
World 57.8%
Western Asia computed 76.2%
Urban population share — Azerbaijan, by year Azerbaijan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 58.6 +0.1 pp
2024 58.6 +0.1 pp
2023 58.5 +0.1 pp
2022 58.4 +0.1 pp
2021 58.4 +0.1 pp
2020 58.3 +0.2 pp
2019 58.1 +0.9 pp
2018 57.2 +0.8 pp
2017 56.4 +0.7 pp
2016 55.8 +0.6 pp
2015 55.2 +0.5 pp
2014 54.6 +0.4 pp
2013 54.2 +0.4 pp
2012 53.8 +0.3 pp
2011 53.5 +0.2 pp
2010 53.3 +0.1 pp
2009 53.1 +0.1 pp
2008 53.1 +0.2 pp
2007 52.8 +0.2 pp
2006 52.7 +0.2 pp
2005 52.5 +0.2 pp
2004 52.3 +0.6 pp
2003 51.7 +0.5 pp
2002 51.2 +0.1 pp
2001 51.2 +0 pp
2000 51.1 +0.1 pp
1999 51 −0.5 pp
1998 51.5 −0.5 pp
1997 51.9 −0.2 pp
1996 52.1 −0.2 pp
1995 52.3 −0.2 pp
1994 52.5 −0.2 pp
1993 52.7 −0.2 pp
1992 52.9 −0.3 pp
1991 53.2 −0.5 pp
1990 53.7 −0.4 pp
1989 54.1 +0.4 pp
1988 53.7 +0.2 pp
1987 53.5 +0.1 pp
1986 53.4 +0.2 pp
1985 53.2 +0.1 pp
1984 53.1 −0 pp
1983 53.2 −0 pp
1982 53.2 −0 pp
1981 53.2 +0 pp
1980 53.2 +0.4 pp
1979 52.7 −0.2 pp
1978 52.9 +0.2 pp
1977 52.7 +0.3 pp
1976 52.4 +0.4 pp
1975 52 +0.4 pp
1974 51.6 +0.4 pp
1973 51.2 +0.5 pp
1972 50.7 +0.3 pp
1971 50.4 +0.2 pp
1970 50.2 +0.2 pp
1969 50 −0 pp
1968 50 +0.1 pp
1967 49.9 +0.3 pp
1966 49.6 −0.1 pp
1965 49.6 +0.1 pp
1964 49.5 +0 pp
1963 49.5 +0.5 pp
1962 49 +0 pp
1961 49 +0.9 pp
1960 48.1

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.