Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Channel Islands

Urban population share in the Channel Islands in 2025 — 32.6%. Ranked 189 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 6.3 pp.

2025 32.6% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 189of 217
Period maximum 38.9%1960
Period minimum 30.4%1996

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Channel Islands, 1960–20253032.53537.54019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 38.9%1962: 38.4%1964: 37.8%1966: 37%1968: 36.2%1970: 35.4%1972: 34.5%1974: 33.7%1976: 33%1978: 32.3%1980: 32%1982: 31.9%1984: 31.8%1986: 31.8%1988: 31.6%1990: 31.4%1992: 31.1%1994: 30.6%1996: 30.4%1998: 30.4%2000: 30.5%2002: 30.6%2004: 30.9%2006: 31.3%2008: 31.8%2010: 32.2%2012: 32.4%2014: 32.6%2016: 32.7%2018: 32.8%2020: 32.8%2022: 32.8%2024: 32.7%2025: 32.6%
Change over the period: −6.3 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Channel Islands 32.6%
World 57.8%
Northern Europe computed 81.9%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Channel Islands, by year Channel Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 32.6 −0.1 pp
2024 32.7 −0 pp
2023 32.8 −0 pp
2022 32.8 −0 pp
2021 32.8 −0 pp
2020 32.8 +0 pp
2019 32.8 +0 pp
2018 32.8 +0 pp
2017 32.8 +0 pp
2016 32.7 +0.1 pp
2015 32.7 +0.1 pp
2014 32.6 +0.1 pp
2013 32.5 +0.1 pp
2012 32.4 +0.1 pp
2011 32.3 +0.1 pp
2010 32.2 +0.2 pp
2009 32 +0.2 pp
2008 31.8 +0.2 pp
2007 31.6 +0.2 pp
2006 31.3 +0.2 pp
2005 31.1 +0.2 pp
2004 30.9 +0.2 pp
2003 30.7 +0.1 pp
2002 30.6 +0.1 pp
2001 30.5 +0 pp
2000 30.5 +0 pp
1999 30.4 +0 pp
1998 30.4 +0 pp
1997 30.4 +0 pp
1996 30.4 −0 pp
1995 30.4 −0.2 pp
1994 30.6 −0.2 pp
1993 30.8 −0.2 pp
1992 31.1 −0.2 pp
1991 31.3 −0.1 pp
1990 31.4 −0.1 pp
1989 31.5 −0.1 pp
1988 31.6 −0.1 pp
1987 31.7 −0.1 pp
1986 31.8 −0 pp
1985 31.8 −0 pp
1984 31.8 −0 pp
1983 31.9 −0 pp
1982 31.9 −0 pp
1981 31.9 −0.1 pp
1980 32 −0.2 pp
1979 32.1 −0.2 pp
1978 32.3 −0.3 pp
1977 32.6 −0.3 pp
1976 33 −0.3 pp
1975 33.3 −0.4 pp
1974 33.7 −0.4 pp
1973 34.1 −0.4 pp
1972 34.5 −0.4 pp
1971 34.9 −0.4 pp
1970 35.4 −0.4 pp
1969 35.8 −0.4 pp
1968 36.2 −0.4 pp
1967 36.6 −0.4 pp
1966 37 −0.4 pp
1965 37.4 −0.4 pp
1964 37.8 −0.3 pp
1963 38.1 −0.3 pp
1962 38.4 −0.3 pp
1961 38.7 −0.2 pp
1960 38.9

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.