Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — CIS

Urban population share in the CIS in 2025 — 66.1%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 15.8 pp.

2025 66.1% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 66.1%1990
Period minimum 50.3%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — CIS, 1960–2025505560657019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 50.3%1962: 51.9%1964: 53.3%1966: 54.7%1968: 56.1%1970: 57.5%1972: 58.8%1974: 60.3%1976: 61.7%1978: 62.6%1980: 63.5%1982: 64.3%1984: 64.8%1986: 65.4%1988: 65.9%1990: 66.1%1992: 65.8%1994: 65.4%1996: 65.4%1998: 65.5%2000: 65.5%2002: 65.6%2004: 65.6%2006: 65.5%2008: 65.6%2010: 65.5%2012: 65.7%2014: 65.7%2016: 65.8%2018: 65.9%2020: 66%2022: 66.1%2024: 66.1%2025: 66.1%
Change over the period: +15.8 pp Annual average: 0.24 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

CIS 66.1%
World 57.8%
Urban population share — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 66.1 +0 pp
2024 66.1 +0 pp
2023 66.1 +0 pp
2022 66.1 +0 pp
2021 66.1 +0 pp
2020 66 +0.1 pp
2019 65.9 +0.1 pp
2018 65.9 +0 pp
2017 65.8 +0.1 pp
2016 65.8 +0.1 pp
2015 65.7 +0 pp
2014 65.7 +0 pp
2013 65.7 +0 pp
2012 65.7 +0 pp
2011 65.6 +0.1 pp
2010 65.5 −0 pp
2009 65.5 −0 pp
2008 65.6 +0 pp
2007 65.6 +0.1 pp
2006 65.5 +0 pp
2005 65.5 −0.1 pp
2004 65.6 −0.1 pp
2003 65.7 +0.1 pp
2002 65.6 +0.1 pp
2001 65.5 +0 pp
2000 65.5 +0.2 pp
1999 65.3 −0.1 pp
1998 65.5 +0 pp
1997 65.4 +0 pp
1996 65.4 +0.1 pp
1995 65.4 −0 pp
1994 65.4 −0.1 pp
1993 65.5 −0.3 pp
1992 65.8 −0.3 pp
1991 66.1 −0.1 pp
1990 66.1 +0 pp
1989 66.1 +0.2 pp
1988 65.9 +0.3 pp
1987 65.7 +0.3 pp
1986 65.4 +0.3 pp
1985 65.1 +0.3 pp
1984 64.8 +0.3 pp
1983 64.6 +0.3 pp
1982 64.3 +0.4 pp
1981 63.9 +0.4 pp
1980 63.5 +0.4 pp
1979 63.1 +0.4 pp
1978 62.6 +0.5 pp
1977 62.1 +0.5 pp
1976 61.7 +0.6 pp
1975 61.1 +0.7 pp
1974 60.3 +0.8 pp
1973 59.6 +0.8 pp
1972 58.8 +0.8 pp
1971 58 +0.5 pp
1970 57.5 +0.7 pp
1969 56.8 +0.7 pp
1968 56.1 +0.7 pp
1967 55.4 +0.7 pp
1966 54.7 +0.7 pp
1965 54 +0.6 pp
1964 53.3 +0.7 pp
1963 52.6 +0.7 pp
1962 51.9 +0.7 pp
1961 51.2 +0.9 pp
1960 50.3

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.